SOLD FOR £130
PRESCOTT, John. Applied Elasticity. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1924. 8vo, 656pp. Original blue cloth with faded lettered spine. Fading to spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
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 £240
VISSERING, Harry. Zeppelin, The Story of a Great Achievement. Chicago: Wells And Company 1922. 4to, 59pp. Original green cloth. Some rubbing to edges and spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £340
Vickers Ltd - A side view of the R80 Airship in Flight at Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, gelatin silver print photograph, published by Vickers circa 1920, 56cm x 70cm, within a stained wood frame 66cm x 80cm. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: The R.80 was a British rigid airship, first flown on 19 July 1920, and notable as the first fully streamlined airship constructed in Britain. Designed by Barnes Wallis and H. B. Pratt for Vickers, it was originally commissioned as a military project for the British Admiralty but was ultimately completed for commercial passenger service. In practice, however, the R.80 proved too small to operate viably in this capacity. After a brief period assisting in the training of personnel from the United States Navy who were to crew the ZR-2 airship, the R.80 was withdrawn from service and was eventually scrapped in 1925
SOLD FOR £150
MILLAR, J. B. Elements of Descriptive Geometry. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1920. 12mo, 202pp. Original blue cloth with black lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine, stains to inner pages, page to the back not separated. Signed B.N.Wallis
SOLD FOR £75
PARK, Whyrill E. A Treatise on Airscrews. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1920. 8vo, 308pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Stamped Airship Guarantee Co Ltd. Fold out propeller diagram.
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 £320
MORRIS, Captain Joseph. The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914-1918. London: Sampson Low, Mason & Co., Ltd. 8vo, 306pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine. Some fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of the spine. With fold out maps and illustrations. Signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £220
JUDGE, Arthur W. The Properties of Aerofoils and Aerodynamic Bodies. London: Whittaker & Co 1917. 8vo, 298pp. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Some fading to spine, minor rubbing to corners, occasional light foxing with folding diagrams. Signed B.N. Wallis
Some written pen notes page 6
SOLD FOR £120
ANDREWS, Ewart S. The Theory and Design of Structures. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd 1916. 8vo, 618pp. Original green cloth, green lettered spine. Some rubbing to corners and edges of the spine. Third Edition. Revised Reprint. Signed to title page B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £240
BESANT, W, H. A Treatise on Dynamics. London: G Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1914. 8vo, 443pp. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Rubbing to the corners and edges of the spine. Fifth Edition, initialled B.N.W Dec 1940. Throughout the book there any many handwritten pencil notes and some equations, there is also a loose piece of paper with pencil written equation.
SOLD FOR £320
ANDREWS, Ewart S. Further Problems In The Theory And Design of Structures. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1913. 8vo, 236pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettered spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Signed B.N. Wallis and also signed B.N. Wallis to the title page. Together with a typed signed letter from Ewart S. Andrews to Mr Wallis
SOLD FOR £160
A STEWART, Wallace R. The Higher Text-Book of Heat, The Tutorial Physics Volume II. London: W.B. Clive University Tutorial Press Ltd. 1911. 12mo, 399pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. Minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £120
RAUSENBERGER Professor F. The Theory of The Recoil of Guns with Recoil Cylinders. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1909. 8vo, 114pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine . Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. With fold out map. Initialled B.N.W
SOLD FOR £160
ROUTH, Edward John. Advanced Rigid Dynamics - The Advanced Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1905. 8vo, 484pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Together with 2 loose pages of pencil notes and equations. Sixth Edition 1905.
SOLD FOR £160
SAXELBY, F. M. A Course in Practical Mathematics. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. 8vo, 438pp. Original green cloth with detached gilt lettered spine, fading to cover, rubbing to corners and edges. signed B.N. Wallis and A.L. Bowley
SOLD FOR £220
3 vols. The University Tutorial Series. Clive's Mathematical Tables. London: W. B. Clive, University Tutorial Press Ltd. 8vo, 49pp. Original green cloth with black lettered spine. Fading and damage to spine, rubbing to edges and spine, staining to pastedown, endpaper and backboard. Signed B.N. Wallis and initialled to the title page B.N.W. Cowes 1910. EVERETT, J. D. Deschane's Natural Philosophy Part 4 Sound and Light. London: Black & Son, Limited. 8vo, 318pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Sixteenth edition. Initialled B.N.W Cowes 1911. WHITEHEAD, A.N. An Introduction to Mathematics. London Williams & Norgate 1911, 12mo, 256pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Spine in very poor condition, with later added "homemade" dust cover, possibly from a paper bag, handwritten to the front by Sir Barnes Wallis - An Introduction to Mathematics, A.N. Whitehead and signed B.N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £150
WATSON, W. A Text-Book of Physics. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 8vo, 896pp. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges, spine in poor condition, loose front page. dedicated "B.N.Wallis 8/6/21 from J M Bond 1900 With all good wishes"
SOLD FOR £140
LOCK, Rev. J. B. A Treatise on Higher Trigonometry. London: Macmillan and Co. and New York 1889. 12mo, 199pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Torn stuck library plate to paste down. Third Edition revised. Signed B. N. Wallis
SOLD FOR £200
MINCHIN, G. M. and DALE J. B. Mathematical Drawing, London: Edward Arnold 1906. 8vo, 145pp. Original burgundy cloth bound with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Staining and foxing to pastedown, endpaper and other pages. Signed B.N. Wallis and also signed Alfred Jennings Kings College W.C.
SOLD FOR £260
KELVIN Lord and TAIT Peter Guthrie. Elements of Natural Philosophy. Cambridge: At The University Press 1894. 8vo, 295pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine, tear to spine on both sides at the top, foxing and stains to pastedown and endpaper. Pencil written notes to back of contents page. Signed B. N. Wallis. From E.E.W. Sept 26. '09.
SOLD FOR £340
A collection of Sir Barnes Wallis' school books (6vols.) to include LACHLAN, R and FLETCHER, W. C. Elements of Trigonometry, London: Edward Arnold, 1904, 12mo, 164pp. Original brown cloth with black lettered spine. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second impression. The first blank page with pencil written equations. Signed B.N. Wallis. COCKSHOTT, Arthur and WALTERS, F. B. Rev. A Treatise on Geometrical Conics. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. 12mo, 208pp. Original burgundy cloth bound with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second Edition 1902. Signed B.N. Wallis and also signed J.C. Murray The University Birmingham 1903. HALL, H.S. and KNIGHT, S. R. Higher Algebra A Sequel to Elementary Algebra for Schools. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1903. 12mo, 557pp. Original burgundy cloth bound with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Fourth Edition. BUDDEN E. Elementary Pure Geometry With Mensuration. A Complete Course of Geometry for Schools. London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited 1904. 12mo, 284pp. Original burgundy cloth bound with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine, severe staining to pastedown and endpaper and back pages, some foxing. Signed B.N. Wallis. HALL, H. S. and KNIGHT, S. R. Elementary Algebra for Schools. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1902. 12mo, 392 pp. Original maroon cloth, faded gilt lettered spine, fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Seventh Edition. Signed B.N. Wallis. SALMON, George, A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1882. 8vo, 612pp. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Fourth edition.
SOLD FOR £5200
**Alfred Egerton Cooper R.B.A. (British, 1883-1974) Half Length Portrait of Barnes Wallis in Army Uniform smoking a Pipe, oil on canvas, signed with initials, 32cm h x 23cm w. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: this work was most likely painted in 1915, while Cooper and Wallis were serving in the Artist Rifles. ** Artist's Re-sale Rights may be payable on this lot
SOLD FOR £17500
Two black and white oak framed aerial photographic prints of the Mohne Dam before and after the Operation Chastise "Dam Busters" strike on May 16th 1943, the post strike photograph signed by surviving members of 617 Squadron also ground crew and admin staff, notably Wg Cdr Guy Gibson V.C DSO DFC whose signature is direct centre over the water rushing through the breach in the dam. 105cm h x 105cm w (89.5cm h x 89.5cm w unframed)
SOLD FOR £280
PRATT H. B., Commercial Airships. London: Nelson 1920, 8vo, 235pp, Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Endpaper with dedication "With the author's compliment H B Pratt 11/11/20", endpaper also signed B.N. Wallis. Sir Barnes Wallis and H B Pratt worked together as young engineers on the R9 airship in 1914