SOLD FOR £260
A gold multi link chain marked 9k, 48cm, 7.4g
SOLD FOR £320
Tiffany & Co, a gold marked 750 bangle, set 2 diamonds (a/f), 5.1 grams gross, complete with Tiffany & Co black plush box and green outer cardboard box
SOLD FOR £200
A 3 colour gold marked 375 bangle, 6cm w, 5.8g
SOLD FOR £85
An Italian gold marked 9k twist bracelet, 19cm, 2.2g
SOLD FOR £500
A gold marked 15ct bangle, 6.5cm w, 9g
SOLD FOR £180
A gold marked 9k bracelet, 18.5cm, 5.3g
SOLD FOR £560
A gold marked 750 bangle (hinge a/f) with 1 matching earring, 6.5cm w, 8.6g
SOLD FOR £120
A black document case marked British Aircraft Corporation, with zipped main compartment and zipped compartment to the front 29cm h x 41cm w (Sir Barnes Wallis worked for BAC from 1945 until he retired in 1971)
SOLD FOR £4000
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Dam Busters, bombs and targets in fitted numbered wooden boxes (81 slides in two boxes)
Box W, 40 slides (5 slides cracked), box marked in chalk into four sections
Section A: Four miscellaneous diagrams, one miscellaneous photo, two photos of original, almost spherical bouncing bomb
Section B: Five photos, five drawings and a map relating to the Ruhr dams and the Dam Busters
Section C: 14 photos of 617 Squadron's targets, some destroyed (including Tirpitz upside-down), a photo of a Tallboy bomb and two drawings relating to the Tallboy
Section D: Five photos relating to the Ruhr dams and the bouncing bomb
Box D, Diagrams, 41 slides
Slides 1-26 Aerodynamics
Slides 28-31 Stratospheric chamber
Slides 33-34 Diagram, photo and blueprint of a German dam, possibly Mohne
Slides 36-38 Diagrams of Tallboy effect on Bielefeld viaduct
Slides 40-45 Diagrams for bombing coal mines, oil storage depots, tunnels, railway cutting or embankment
SOLD FOR £900
An early 20th Century magic lantern, converted to electricity, contained in an aluminium and painted metal case with brass lens housing, the cover marked RD No. 230577 6in, raised on a wooden adjustable stand 39cm h x 51cm w x 19.5cm d, together with a Dallmeyer 12" F/7-7 Dallon Tele-Anastigmat 200766 lens with Air Ministry marking to the interior, complete with wooden carrying case 42.5cm h x 59cm w x 22cm d. Most likely used by Sir Wallis for his lecturing.
SOLD FOR £75
Stuart Surridge, a half section of cricket ball, the interior marked Stuart Surridge 7cm
SOLD FOR £300
Three NASA documents, the first marked Secret No.2 of 5 Copies, dated August 27th 1959 with cover letter to Colonel Romig concerning transmission of three copies of attached data, regarding the test of the Vickers Swallow configuration in The NASA Langley 16ft transonic wind tunnel, dated August 27,1959, 4to, together with another report NASA TN D-3276 (not secret) "Effect of Geometric Modifications on the Maximum Lift Drag Ratios of Slender Wing-body Configurations at Hypersonic Speeds", 4to, 59pp., and NASA TN D-6010 "Dose Response Functions in the Atmosphere Due to Incident High-Energy Protons With Application to Solar Proton Events, Washington D.C. 1970 4to, 31pp.
SOLD FOR £260
A Rototherm Thermometer with black dial marked Tungum Sales Co. Ltd. Fahrenheit British Patent No. 378314, contained in a red Bakelite case 8.5cm x 8.5cm.
SOLD FOR £100
4 vols. Engineering volumes to include Pippard, A.J.S. The Experimental Study of Structures 1947, 8vo, 114pp. blue cloth, white lettering with dust cover, marked B.N. Wallis From the author 1947 to endpaper. Hunsaker Engineering Applications of Fluid Mechanics 1947, 8vo, 494pp. green cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W. to endpaper. Churchill Modern Operation of Mathematics in Engineering 1944, 8vo, 306pp. black cloth, gilt lettering, signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper and Fairhurst Arch Design Simplified 1945, 8vo, 61pp blue cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W 1946 to endpaper
SOLD FOR £120
A collection of research pamphlets (14) from 1927-1940 mainly by The Aeronautical Research Committee to include : The Strength of Tubular Struts 1927, 44pp. (initialled B.N.W to front cover), A Non Dimensional Form of The Stability Equations of an Aeroplane March 1927, Light Alloys For Aeronautical Purposes 1934, 32pp., Summary of The Present State of Knowledge Regarding Sheet Metal Construction 1933, 20pp. (back cover missing), Buckling of Thin Plates in Compression 1933, 21pp. (back cover missing), Technical Report Into The Accident To The Aeroplane G-AAZK at Meopham Kent on 21st July 1930, published January 1931, 92pp., The Size-Grading of Sand by Wind 1937, The Optimum Size of Models for Studying Flow Through Nest of Tubes 1939, 9pp., Resistance To Flow Through Nest of Tubes 1939, 20pp. The Manufacture of High Strength Light Alloy Extrusions 1938-1939, 39pp., The Use of Model Data in Aeroplane Design 1939, 16pp., The Stresses in a Circular Ring Supported by Frictionless Radial Pins 1940 marked With the author's compliments (x2) and Sound Control in Buildings 1940
SOLD FOR £80
MILNE-THOMSON, L.M. and COMRIE, L.J. Standard Four-Figure Mathematical Tables. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1931. 4to, 245pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, Rubbing to corners and edges of spine, scratch marks to covers. Additional loose double sided, un-numbered copy of pages 244 and 245. Initialled B.N.W. Feb 1941
SOLD FOR £190
5 vols. LONEY, S. L. Plane Trigonometry Part II. Cambridge: At The University Press 1918. 12mo, 211pp. Pen comments and formula bottom page 94, pencil ticks throughout. Original blue cloth with black lettered spine, fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, staining to endpaper and back pages. Reprinted edition 1918. Signed B.N. Wallis. GHEURY DE BRAY, M. E. J. Exponentials Made Easy or The Story of "Epsilon". London: Macmillan and Co., 1921. 12mo, 253pp. Original green cloth with black lettered spine, fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine, staining to endpaper and back pages. Mechanical World Year Book 1924. Manchester: Emmott & Company, Limited 1924. 12mo, 173pp. Original red cloth with black lettered spine, fading to spine and cover, damage to spine, rubbing to corners and edges. Thirty-Seventh Year of Publication. Signed B.N. Wallis. DUNKERLEY, S. Mechanism. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1920. 8vo, 447pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettered spine, fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Third Edition, New Impression. Signed B.N. Wallis. STEWART, R. Wallace. The Tutorial Physics Volume IV. The Higher Text-Book of Magnetism & Electricity. London: W.B. Clive University Tutorial Press Ltd. 1920. 12mo, 750pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. Spine damaged, rubbing to edges and to spine, severe ink staining to cover and edges of pages. Ex Libris Burlington House Cambridge to pastedown. Seventh Impression (Second Edition). Many pages marked with ticks, paragraphs identified with pencil lines and some pages marked in pencil "Omit".
SOLD FOR £60
BALY, E. C. C. Spectroscopy, Text-Books of Physical Chemistry, Volumes I, II and III. London: Longmans, Green and Co 1924 (vol I) marked purchased secondhand 1.3.48, 1927 (vol II) marked received 5.4.48, 1927 (vol III) marked purchased second hand 1.3.48. Vol I 8vo, 298pp, vol II 8vo, 398pp and vol III 8vo, 532pp. All in original red cloth, black lettered spine. Rubbing to corners and edges of spines.
SOLD FOR £110
Technical Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for 1921-22, Vol. 3. Airships. London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1924. Lg. 8vo, pages 637 - 1117. Original grey cloth with black lettered spine. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine, possible rodent damage to spine, ink marks to front cover, stain to inside page. Stamped Airship Company Guarantee Company Ltd to book block
SOLD FOR £140
SMITH, Charles. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1920. 12mo, 242pp. Original brown cloth. Spine missing, fading to covers, rubbing to corners and edges, stains to some of the inner pages. Multiple pages with pencil marks, written notes and some equations.
Signed B. N. Wallis to pastedown
SOLD FOR £300
MASTERMAN Commander E. A. R.N. Handbook on Rigid Airship No. 1 Parts I & II and Appendix 1913. Admiralty S Branch S.0281/13. 8vo., bound in blue tooled cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt "No.43" to top right front board. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine, (spine detached from front edge), Errata list 1914 glued to front page, "S Branch" on title page crossed out and replaced "Air Dept." Photos, diagrams and fold out coloured plates throughout. Signed to pastedown B N Wallis and marked Shore Station Barrow in Furness
SOLD FOR £260
A 1963 painted plywood and applied wood 3 dimensional Christmas card decorated White Hill House Effingham, the interior marked "1963 Wishing you a Bright and Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year, from Personnel of R & D 1963" and hand signed by them 19cm x 23cm
SOLD FOR £150
A 1962 painted plywood and applied wood 3 dimensional Christmas card, The Chapel of Christ's Hospital Horsham, interior marked "A Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to Dr Barnes Wallis 1962, R & D Staff" and hand signed by them 28cm x 23cm
SOLD FOR £180
A 1961 painted plywood and applied wood 3 dimensional Christmas card, showing the interior of Barnes Wallis office - draughtsman's table, library table, various books and paintings 23cm x 28cm and marked "1961, A Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, In This Our Wish We Are Sincere, to Dr Barnes Wallis, Long life And Happiness, From The Workshop Staff" and hand signed by them 23cm x 28cm
SOLD FOR £120
A 1960 painted plywood and applied wood 3 dimensional Christmas card decorated The Brooklands Club House, interior marked "Best wishes to Dr Barnes Wallis for a Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year 1960, from Workshop Personnel" and hand signed by them 20.5cm x 25cm