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4 vols. PIERCY N. A. V. Aerodynamics, London: English Universities Press, 8vo, 536pp. Second Edition 1947, signed B.N, Wallis to endpaper. ROARK Raymond J., Formulas For Stress and Strain, London: McGraw Hill 1954, 8vo, 432pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper. BRAGG S. L. Rocket Engines, London: George Newnes Ltd. 1962, 8vo, 158pp. Signed B.N. Wallis 1977 to end paper and PALMGREN Arvid, Ball and Roller Bearing Engineering, USA: Burbank 1946, 4to, 270pp., signed B.N. Wallis Feb '48 to endpaper
SOLD FOR £200
4 vols. PIERCY N. A. V. Aerodynamics, London: English Universities Press, 8vo, 536pp. Second Edition 1947, signed B.N, Wallis to endpaper. ROARK Raymond J., Formulas For Stress and Strain, London: McGraw Hill 1954, 8vo, 432pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper. BRAGG S. L. Rocket Engines, London: George Newnes Ltd. 1962, 8vo, 158pp. Signed B.N. Wallis 1977 to end paper and PALMGREN Arvid, Ball and Roller Bearing Engineering, USA: Burbank 1946, 4to, 270pp., signed B.N. Wallis Feb '48 to endpaper
BLUNDELL, H.M., They Flew From Waddington! 463-467 Lancaster Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney: W Homer 1975. Ltd Ed no. 445, 8v0, 67pp, a hardback volume commemorating 30 years of VE Day, pastedown and endpaper with signatures and notes of thanks to Sir Wallis from five members of 463-467 Squadron to include John Cole, Art Whitmarsh, John Stokes DFC, Nobby Blundell, John Niedwick and containing a letter from an address in Geneva within
SOLD FOR £280
BLUNDELL, H.M., They Flew From Waddington! 463-467 Lancaster Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney: W Homer 1975. Ltd Ed no. 445, 8v0, 67pp, a hardback volume commemorating 30 years of VE Day, pastedown and endpaper with signatures and notes of thanks to Sir Wallis from five members of 463-467 Squadron to include John Cole, Art Whitmarsh, John Stokes DFC, Nobby Blundell, John Niedwick and containing a letter from an address in Geneva within
A large quantity of post-war pamphlets and booklets, mainly civilian subjects and interests of Sir Barnes Wallis, pertaining to a variety of subjects from The Royal Society including engineering and economic process, reports on secondary education, annual reports, engineering and youth etc. Several initialled B.N.W or signed B.N. Wallis, one The Engineer in Society with written bookmark "See especially "Containerization" on p.7 & top of p.8 B.N.W"
SOLD FOR £260
A large quantity of post-war pamphlets and booklets, mainly civilian subjects and interests of Sir Barnes Wallis, pertaining to a variety of subjects from The Royal Society including engineering and economic process, reports on secondary education, annual reports, engineering and youth etc. Several initialled B.N.W or signed B.N. Wallis, one The Engineer in Society with written bookmark "See especially "Containerization" on p.7 & top of p.8 B.N.W"
5 vols. Ship Buildings and Ships 1947 8vo, 497pp. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpapers. VIVIAN E. Charles, a History of Aeronautics 1921, 8vo, 521pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpapers (likely purchased after war). PAWSEY and BRACEWELL Radio Astronomy 1955, 8vo, 361pp., initialled B.N.W to endpaper. EAGLESFIELD Charles, Laser Light 1967 (from The BAC Library), 12mo, 192pp. ALLEN, Howard, G., Analysis and Design of Structural Sandwich Panels 1969, 12mo, 280pp., signed B.N. Wallis to title page and front cover
SOLD FOR £220
5 vols. Ship Buildings and Ships 1947 8vo, 497pp. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpapers. VIVIAN E. Charles, a History of Aeronautics 1921, 8vo, 521pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpapers (likely purchased after war). PAWSEY and BRACEWELL Radio Astronomy 1955, 8vo, 361pp., initialled B.N.W to endpaper. EAGLESFIELD Charles, Laser Light 1967 (from The BAC Library), 12mo, 192pp. ALLEN, Howard, G., Analysis and Design of Structural Sandwich Panels 1969, 12mo, 280pp., signed B.N. Wallis to title page and front cover
Three volumes of Sir Barnes Wallis' patents from 1917-1963, text and fold out schematics, 4to, bound in three-quarter red morocco and cloth, the spines with gilt lettering "PATENT SPECIFICATIONS VOL 1, 2 and 3". Pencil dedication to endpaper in volume 1 "B.N.W A memento of an American adventure Oct. 1948. Harry Mushlian". Wallis' bookmarks throughout vol. 1 and 3.
SOLD FOR £1450
Three volumes of Sir Barnes Wallis' patents from 1917-1963, text and fold out schematics, 4to, bound in three-quarter red morocco and cloth, the spines with gilt lettering "PATENT SPECIFICATIONS VOL 1, 2 and 3". Pencil dedication to endpaper in volume 1 "B.N.W A memento of an American adventure Oct. 1948. Harry Mushlian". Wallis' bookmarks throughout vol. 1 and 3.
A collection of 1960's Bristol Siddeley internal and restricted documents related to reviews of the Hawker Siddeley, documents on the supersonic Orpheus jet propulsion engine, the turbo ramjet project investigation etc, some initialled B.N.W.
SOLD FOR £170
A collection of 1960's Bristol Siddeley internal and restricted documents related to reviews of the Hawker Siddeley, documents on the supersonic Orpheus jet propulsion engine, the turbo ramjet project investigation etc, some initialled B.N.W.
ETKIN. Bernard, Dynamics of Flights Stability and Control. London: Chapman and Hall 1959, 8vo, 519pp, bound in blue cloth, black lettering. Endpaper initialled B.N.W. 1960
SOLD FOR £80
ETKIN. Bernard, Dynamics of Flights Stability and Control. London: Chapman and Hall 1959, 8vo, 519pp, bound in blue cloth, black lettering. Endpaper initialled B.N.W. 1960
LEASOR. James, The Millionth Chance, The Story of The R.101, London: Hamilton 1957, 8vo. 176pp. Original blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. With dedication to endpaper "To Dr B.N. Wallis with my sincere thanks for your help and advice James Leasor 31.7.57". On the reverse of a Motorists Magazine envelope Sir Wallis has scribbled his amendments and notes for the book
SOLD FOR £180
LEASOR. James, The Millionth Chance, The Story of The R.101, London: Hamilton 1957, 8vo. 176pp. Original blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. With dedication to endpaper "To Dr B.N. Wallis with my sincere thanks for your help and advice James Leasor 31.7.57". On the reverse of a Motorists Magazine envelope Sir Wallis has scribbled his amendments and notes for the book
2 vols. SCOTT J. D., Vickers A History, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1963, 8vo, 416pp., with dust cover and "homemade" paper dust cover pencil written Vickers, signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper, together with GARDNER Charles, Fifty Years of Brooklands 1956, with dust cover, London: Heinemann 1956, 8vo, 160pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper
SOLD FOR £220
2 vols. SCOTT J. D., Vickers A History, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1963, 8vo, 416pp., with dust cover and "homemade" paper dust cover pencil written Vickers, signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper, together with GARDNER Charles, Fifty Years of Brooklands 1956, with dust cover, London: Heinemann 1956, 8vo, 160pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper
WOODWARD, David, The Tirpitz. London: William Kimber. 8vo, 223pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second edition 1953. Together with an envelope addressed to Dr Barnes with pencil notes to the reverse, a loose slip of paper with typed notes and a cut out section of the books dust cover, signed B.N. Wallis to half title page
SOLD FOR £340
WOODWARD, David, The Tirpitz. London: William Kimber. 8vo, 223pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second edition 1953. Together with an envelope addressed to Dr Barnes with pencil notes to the reverse, a loose slip of paper with typed notes and a cut out section of the books dust cover, signed B.N. Wallis to half title page
KUCHEMANN and WEBER, Aerodynamics of Propulsion. London: McGraw-Hill 1953, 8vo, 340pp, cream cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W to endpapers
SOLD FOR £75
KUCHEMANN and WEBER, Aerodynamics of Propulsion. London: McGraw-Hill 1953, 8vo, 340pp, cream cloth, gilt lettering, initialled B.N.W to endpapers
OSTLER George. The Little Oxford Dictionary, Third Edition Clarendon Press, Oxford 1951, 12mo, 637pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners ad edges of spine, signed B.N. Wallis September 1952 to endpaper
SOLD FOR £130
OSTLER George. The Little Oxford Dictionary, Third Edition Clarendon Press, Oxford 1951, 12mo, 637pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners ad edges of spine, signed B.N. Wallis September 1952 to endpaper
FARRINGTON G. H. Fundamentals of Automatic Control. London: Chapman and Hall 1951, 8vo, 285pp., signed B.N. Wallis Aug. 1951 to endpaper, complete with dust cover
SOLD FOR £75
FARRINGTON G. H. Fundamentals of Automatic Control. London: Chapman and Hall 1951, 8vo, 285pp., signed B.N. Wallis Aug. 1951 to endpaper, complete with dust cover
A yellow painted wooden model of the Vickers Swallow, raised on a wooden base with engraved metal plaque stamped "1954-1958 Swallow 1/16 Scale Model of Trials Aircraft" 14cm h x 65cm w x 30cm d. The Vickers Swallow was the evolution from the Wild Goose toward creating a supersonic aircraft
SOLD FOR £1750
A yellow painted wooden model of the Vickers Swallow, raised on a wooden base with engraved metal plaque stamped "1954-1958 Swallow 1/16 Scale Model of Trials Aircraft" 14cm h x 65cm w x 30cm d. The Vickers Swallow was the evolution from the Wild Goose toward creating a supersonic aircraft
A yellow painted wooden model of the Wild Goose, raised on a wooden base with metal plaque stamped "1949-1954 Wild Goose, Wing-Controlled Aerodyne, 1/16 Scale Model Trials Aircraft" 15cm h x 47cm w x 35cm d. Wild Goose was a late forties research project into tailless variable-sweep aircraft using a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It was developed to explore the advantages of variable-geometry or swing-wing aircraft and eventually evolved into the Swallow.
SOLD FOR £3800
A yellow painted wooden model of the Wild Goose, raised on a wooden base with metal plaque stamped "1949-1954 Wild Goose, Wing-Controlled Aerodyne, 1/16 Scale Model Trials Aircraft" 15cm h x 47cm w x 35cm d. Wild Goose was a late forties research project into tailless variable-sweep aircraft using a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It was developed to explore the advantages of variable-geometry or swing-wing aircraft and eventually evolved into the Swallow.
7 vols. Engineering and conversion table volumes to include Engineering Tables and Data 32pp. (small booklet pencilled B.N.W to cover). NEL Steam Tables 1964, Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964, 4to, 146pp. The endpaper signed B.N. Wallis with taped in note paper pencilled formulae and taped in printed correction slip, also with loose printed supplement and taped in printed conversion Table 8 to the back. Conversion Tables And Technical Data 1962 by Bristol Siddeley 12mo, 128pp. (dedication inside "With best wishes from R illegible?"). A Pocket Book of Tables by Shell (dedication inside To B.N.W. from P.L.T.) 1956 12mo, 255pp. Rolls Royce Conversion tables circa 1950 12mo, 97pp. A booklet Direct & Inverse Log-Log Differential scales, signed to cover B.N. Wallis and A Selection of Tables for use in Calculations of Compressible Airflow 1952, 4to, 143pp.
SOLD FOR £120
7 vols. Engineering and conversion table volumes to include Engineering Tables and Data 32pp. (small booklet pencilled B.N.W to cover). NEL Steam Tables 1964, Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964, 4to, 146pp. The endpaper signed B.N. Wallis with taped in note paper pencilled formulae and taped in printed correction slip, also with loose printed supplement and taped in printed conversion Table 8 to the back. Conversion Tables And Technical Data 1962 by Bristol Siddeley 12mo, 128pp. (dedication inside "With best wishes from R illegible?"). A Pocket Book of Tables by Shell (dedication inside To B.N.W. from P.L.T.) 1956 12mo, 255pp. Rolls Royce Conversion tables circa 1950 12mo, 97pp. A booklet Direct & Inverse Log-Log Differential scales, signed to cover B.N. Wallis and A Selection of Tables for use in Calculations of Compressible Airflow 1952, 4to, 143pp.
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 £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.
BONNEY, E. Arthur. Engineering Supersonic Aerodynamics London: Magraw Hill 1950, 8vo, 264pp., bound in contemporary blue cloth, gilt lettering. First Edition. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper along with pencil formula and pencilled notes to page 140.
SOLD FOR £460
BONNEY, E. Arthur. Engineering Supersonic Aerodynamics London: Magraw Hill 1950, 8vo, 264pp., bound in contemporary blue cloth, gilt lettering. First Edition. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper along with pencil formula and pencilled notes to page 140.
Lieber, Lillian R. The Einstein Theory of Relativity, Dobson London 1949, hardback with unclipped dustcover, 8vo, 324pp. blue cloth, gilt lettering. Vickers-Armstrongs Library stamp to title and back pages
SOLD FOR £60
Lieber, Lillian R. The Einstein Theory of Relativity, Dobson London 1949, hardback with unclipped dustcover, 8vo, 324pp. blue cloth, gilt lettering. Vickers-Armstrongs Library stamp to title and back pages
PYE. D.R., The Internal Combustion Engine Volume I, London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford 1930 (1946 reprint), Lg. 8vo, 288pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and front cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. with D.A.R.D. Library label stamp dated 23 January 1970 and Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd stamp to title page
SOLD FOR £60
PYE. D.R., The Internal Combustion Engine Volume I, London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford 1930 (1946 reprint), Lg. 8vo, 288pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and front cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. with D.A.R.D. Library label stamp dated 23 January 1970 and Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd stamp to title page
A collection of 7 post-war pamphlets and a document including:- Some Ballistic Contributions to Aerodynamics (initialled B.N.W. to paper cover) 1947, Scientific Man-Power 1946, Report on The Needs of Research in Fundamental Science After the War 1945, 61pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Vol II Part 1 March 1949, initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, The Institution of Electrical Engineers initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, Smith Maxwell and O'Farrell M, Aviation fuel, 1954 initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, together with a typed document "Post-War Aviation" (undated with maps)
SOLD FOR £90
A collection of 7 post-war pamphlets and a document including:- Some Ballistic Contributions to Aerodynamics (initialled B.N.W. to paper cover) 1947, Scientific Man-Power 1946, Report on The Needs of Research in Fundamental Science After the War 1945, 61pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Vol II Part 1 March 1949, initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, The Institution of Electrical Engineers initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, Smith Maxwell and O'Farrell M, Aviation fuel, 1954 initialled B.N.W. to paper cover, together with a typed document "Post-War Aviation" (undated with maps)
CONWAY H.D., Aircraft Strength and Materials, London: Chapman and Hall 1947, 8vo, 256pp., Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, Vickers-Armstrongs stamped to title page within a page of handwritten formulae
SOLD FOR £70
CONWAY H.D., Aircraft Strength and Materials, London: Chapman and Hall 1947, 8vo, 256pp., Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, Vickers-Armstrongs stamped to title page within a page of handwritten formulae
A collection of 3 binders of Restricted Information including Ministry of Aircraft Production Design Requirements for Aeroplanes in 2 binders Air Publication 970, dated November 1946, Vol 1 with pastedown taped in copy letter dated 1st. November 1946, both volumes with taped in Note to Readers and 1 binder Ministry of Technology Technical Procedural Requirements of Service Aircraft and Their Equipment dated March 1949
SOLD FOR £440
A collection of 3 binders of Restricted Information including Ministry of Aircraft Production Design Requirements for Aeroplanes in 2 binders Air Publication 970, dated November 1946, Vol 1 with pastedown taped in copy letter dated 1st. November 1946, both volumes with taped in Note to Readers and 1 binder Ministry of Technology Technical Procedural Requirements of Service Aircraft and Their Equipment dated March 1949
MITRA S. K. The Upper Atmosphere, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal Calcutta 1948, endpaper signed B.N. Wallis, 8vo, 616pp. Original blue cloth gilt and black lettering, some minor rubbing to edges of corners and spine. 4 Wallis bookmarks offering thoughts and corrections
SOLD FOR £150
MITRA S. K. The Upper Atmosphere, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal Calcutta 1948, endpaper signed B.N. Wallis, 8vo, 616pp. Original blue cloth gilt and black lettering, some minor rubbing to edges of corners and spine. 4 Wallis bookmarks offering thoughts and corrections
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 £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