SOLD FOR £85
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft performance and air travel in fitted numbered wooden boxes (96 slides, in 2 boxes)
Box M, 46 slides
Slides 1-31 Text and Tables relating to aircraft performance, conventional and supersonic
Slides 33-38 Text etc for a lecture on the role of research
Slides 40-44 Tables for land, sea and air travel and transport
Slides 47-50 Miscellaneous
Box Q, Formulae, Graphs and Tables, 50 slides (one slide cracked)
Metal alloy testing. Aircraft loading, performance. Paraboloids. Some slides in French.
SOLD FOR £280
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft and their Performance in fitted numbered wooden boxes (98 slides, in 2 boxes)
Box C, Graphs, 49 slides
Graphs mainly relating to aircraft speed, ceiling, range, including supersonic.
Box J, Illustrations, 49 slides, 1 cracked
Slides 1-26 Photographs of the stratospheric chamber
Slides 27-34 Miscellaneous photos
Slides 35-44 Photos of jet aircraft and rockets
Slides 45-48 Photos of spitfires and flying boats
Slide 49 Newspaper cartoon
SOLD FOR £320
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft, Strategic Maps and Technical Data in fitted numbered wooden boxes (97 slides, in 3 boxes)
Box A, 49 slides (1 cracked)
Graphs mainly relating to aircraft performance, including supersonic. Some relate to WW2 explosives, like the Grand Slam 10 ton bomb
Box K, 26 slides (warped box; 1 slide cracked)
Slides 1-4 Photos and sketches of Swallow
Slides 6-7 Photos of Jet aircraft
Slides 9-18 Photos of flow patterns
Slide 20 Photo of three-engined flying boat
Slide 22 Photo of German WW2 flying bomb (doodlebug)
Slides 24-29 Unknown photos, possibly radar carried by aircraft
Slides 31-32 Miscellaneous photos
Box L, Maps and Air Routes, 22 slides (2 slides broken)
Range of Wellington Bomber. range of tactical missiles.
Maps of playing fields, Middle East RAF bases 1929-1956, UN voting groups, non-centrality of New York.
World maps based on various strategic cities, including London. London to Melbourne mail routes, by sea and by air (probably 1930s).
1969 world map: spot the gaps in our defences ... when the carriers are gone.
SOLD FOR £160
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft and their performance in fitted numbered wooden boxes (95 slides, in 2 boxes)
Box B, 50 slides, 1 cracked
Graphs relating to performance of normal and swing-wing aircraft, including supersonic
Box U, Misc, 45 slides
Slides 1-18 Medical concentrates on mouth & nose, throat, lungs.
Slides 21-34 Aircraft (one slide cracked) photos of aircraft, range from historic aircraft (1900ish) through WW2 fighters to 1960s commercial jets and Swallow
Slides 34-43 The geodetic structure of the Wellington bomber.
Slides 46-50 Committee slides show the four components of a Management Committee.
SOLD FOR £420
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Airships and Aircraft in fitted numbered wooden boxes (106 slides, in 3 boxes)
Box H, mainly aircraft, 36 slides
Slides 1-6 Geodetic structure, Aircraft wheel, viaduct architecture, miscellaneous
Slides 8-10 Photos of cracks in materials
Slides 12-17 Photos of aircraft, cutaways of Wellington to show structure
Slides 19-21 Photos, seagull in flight, ballistics, jet engine
Slides 35-43 Photos of prototype jet-propelled bomb?
Slides 45-50 Photos of model aircraft and construction of stratospheric chamber
Small Box O, 22 slides (5 slides cracked)
Starting at piece of paper which says "Start Here"
7 world or regional maps, 1 table about trade, 3 photos of R100 (2 interior, 1 exterior; damaged), 2 tables and 6 photos related to flight testing (normal and hypersonic), 3 diagrams of swing-wing Swallow
Box V, Airships, miscellaneous, 48 slides (1 slide broken)
Slide 1 1919 drawing of Airship for England New Zealand travel
Slide 2 Photo of mystery item (1920s?)
Slides 4-30 Photos of manufacture of airship R100 (one drawing)
Slides 31-36 Photos of R100 in flight
Slides 38-39 Drawings of 1919 airship
Slides 40-42 b/w copies of paintings of 1919 in flight and mooring to ship
Slides 43-45 Photos of cabins slung below airship (1920?)
Slides 46-50 Miscellaneous
SOLD FOR £240
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Seaplanes and other Aircraft in fitted numbered wooden boxes (90 photos, in 2 boxes)
Box N, Graphs, 24 slides
Batch 1 (slides 1-13) - Aeronautical data for aircraft and pilot (slide 1 cracked).
Batch 2 (slides 16-26) - Properties of materials under stress or temperature.
Loose- Many unmounted photos of seaplanes and aircraft 1920's to late 1930's.
Small Box S, Misc. Aircraft, 46 slides
Starting at labelled end:
5 photos of Supermarine S.6 sea plane which set speed record in 1929, 4 photos of civil single-seater aircraft, 7 photos of a WW2 military 2-seater, 4 photos of Hurricanes, 26 photos of aircraft structure
SOLD FOR £340
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Radio telescopes and Wallis' Interests in fitted numbered wooden boxes (114 slides, in 3 boxes)
Small Box R, Misc. Formulae, 25 slides
Graphs, tables and photos showing the results of tests on duralumin, aluminium and other metals
Box T, Miscellaneous, 48 slides
Slides 1-6 Microscopic cross-sections of materials.
Slides 7-14 Manufacture of mystery cylinders.
Slides 15-21 Radio telescopes, mainly photos, 1 design.
Slides 22-29 Architecture: photo of the Pantheon, plans of church rooves and domes.
Slides 30-34 Architecture: photos of a bridge, photo of a chiming clock.
Slides 36-42 Miscellaneous.
Slides 44-50 Lines of poetry and sayings.
Box X, Personal (Sir Barnes Wallis), 39 slides
Back group - Five slides of old architecture.
Middle group - 18 slides of ancient/old architecture.
Front group - 10 slides of old/modern architecture and 18th century sailing ships. Three slides of architectural ground plans. Four slides of children's swings, slide, roundabout. Two other slides.
SOLD FOR £500
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Supersonic flight in fitted numbered wooden boxes (106 slides in 3 boxes)
Box E, Miscellaneous drawings, 49 slides
Slides 1-27: mainly flight, 1940s to 1950s (2 slides cracked)
Slides 21-28: model Swallow and radio control
Slides 29-40: Swallow as real aircraft
Slides 41-42: missile and launch silo
Slides 43-45: supersonic flight drawings
Slides 46-48: projectiles, bombs and torpedoes (possibly slide 48 shows Wallis' hydrodynamic torpedo)
Slide 49: a futuristic jet aircraft(?)
Box I, 46 slides (2 slides broken)
Slides 1-26 Cut-away diagram of stratospheric chamber and photos of its construction
Slides 27-34 Photos of jet aircraft, jet missile?, jet car?
Slides 39-43 Photos of a balloon and a stratospheric balloon
Sides 45-50 Miscellaneous
Small Box P, 11 slides
2 drawings of Swallow, 1 drawing of Concorde, 1 hypersonic aircraft drawing, 1 airship drawing, 1 ellipsoid drawing, 4 miscellaneous drawings, 1 miscellaneous photo
SOLD FOR £460
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Supersonic flight in fitted numbered wooden boxes (93 slides, in 2 boxes)
Box F, 50 slides
Drawings and diagrams relating to Swallow and other jet aircraft and rockets
Box G, Supersonic Flight, 43 slides
Slides 1-6: Swallow
Slides 8-13: Air intake and thrust
Slides 15-19: Aerodynamics, swing-wing
Slides 21-25: Various Graphs and diagrams
Slides 27-31: Stratospheric chamber and wind-tunnel diagrams
Slides 33-38: Aerodynamics at various atmospheres; current and future aircraft
Slides 40-43: Radio telescope design
Slides 45-50: Hyperboloid and other drawings
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 £840
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about airships in fitted numbered wooden boxes (88 slides, in two boxes)
Black Box, Graphs (crossed out in red), 27 slides (4 cracked)
Staring at the two-holes end:
Section A: 11 slides (1 cracked), two diagrams of airships, two tables and a list of WW2 shipping data, a table of rocket propellant performance, two photos of girders, three slides of text, equations and table
Section B: 10 slides (2 cracked), 7 diagrams relating to the performance of airships, three photos of the construction of R100
Section C: 4 slides, 2 diagrams relating to airships, 1 photo ditto, 1 world map showing trade
Section D: 8 slides (1 cracked), 1 diagram and 5 photos of the construction of the R100, 1 diagram and photo of the Graf Zeppelin
Box 1, Current Lecture, 61 slides (slides are not completely in order; 2 cracked slides)
From "Start Here" label:
Section A: 16 slides showing world maps and diagrams of airships for long-distance travel
Section B: 19 slides (1 cracked) showing the early development of long-distance Zeppelins (Germany to America) compared with British dirigibles and the late development of British airships, culminating with the R100
Section C: 18 slides showing the construction of the R100, the development of BOAC routes around the world, the long-distance Vulcan bomber and an image of the swing-wing Swallow
Section D: 8 slides (1 cracked) showing the potential of supersonic travel
SOLD FOR £70
An oval agate mounted pill box 5cm together with a model of a walking rhinoceros raised on a polished wooden base 4cm
SOLD FOR £70
A turned black and white Staunton chess set, complete with wooden box
SOLD FOR £70
An Edwardian games compendium comprising St Georges pattern chess set (1 black rook has damage to castellation, 2 knights possibly glued, 1 possible replacement pawn, 1 pawn with split to head, 1 pawn with pitting to body, 1 white knight has been glued, King has split to crown), 6 lead horses (3 with broken legs), 18 black and white turned drafts, a standard double six set of dominoes, 6 dice and a die thrower, square solitaire board with 30 clear glass marbles and 26 assorted marbles, 2 Bezique markers, 2 other markers, bone and wooden cribbage board, double sided games board with chess, Backgammon and The Steeplechase game, instructions for Canasta, dominoes, crib and Rooks Game of Games, together with 2 complete sets of Fred Piatnik playing cards, all contained in a bleached mahogany box with hinged lid 10cm h x 33cm w x 20cm d
SOLD FOR £110
A rectangular silver cigarette box Chester 1915 4.5cm h x 11.5cm w x 10cm d (wooden liner missing to lid)
SOLD FOR £110
A 19th Century horn and wooden snuff box in the form of a pair of ladies shoes 7cm x 3cm
SOLD FOR £65
An unmarked coloured magic lantern slide of Queen Victoria, an H Hughes of 59 Fenchurch Street, London, 2 black and white magic lantern slides of The Prince and Princess of Wales and various other children's story magic lantern slides 7cm x 22cm, contained in a wooden box
SOLD FOR £60
A Bowmans stationary live steam engine model on a metal base plate, No.M135 in original wooden box
SOLD FOR £90
A bottle of 1982 Churchill's Vintage port, Churchill Graham Ltd, Oporto, signed by Margaret Thatcher and with dedication "For Alex Segal" contained in a domed wooden box 19cm h x 36cm w x 15cm d
SOLD FOR £95
A Chad Valley Coaching Inn jigsaw puzzle, boxed and complete, ditto (1 piece missing), a wooden "The Hunt Supper" jigsaw complete, an Ernest Walbourn jigsaw complete, 1 other with non original box and a child's card game
SOLD FOR £190
A Victorian games compendium comprising a Staunton chess set, drafts set, 18 bone dominoes, rosewood and bone crib board, 2 bone marks, 8 dice together with a set of Blue Star playing cards, lead models of horses (all a/f), turned wooden die shaker (chips to rim), 2 bone dice, approx. 17 circular counters, 2 circular wooden bowls, wooden gavel, 2 card Bezique scorers, 2 long and short whist scorers (1 has damage to bottom corner), 5 Bell and Gavel cards, a 1933 edition of D W & HOW Wills Selected Patience Games and 1 volume of "Guide To Compendium Games" (sellotape repair to spine), double sided chess, backgammon and steeple chase board (some scuffing in places) all contained in a mahogany box 17cm h x 32cm w x 21cm d
SOLD FOR £110
A 70cl bottle of Hennessy Cognac boxed, a 35cl bottle of Remy Martin Cognac boxed and two 30ml bottles of Janneau Grand Armagnac in a wooden box
SOLD FOR £80
Wren Railways, a die cast and plastic 00/H0 gauge steam locomotive W2400 Castle "Great Western" B.R. loco and tender in green livery 7007, limited edition no. 88 of 250 with track on mounted wooden plinth, boxed
SOLD FOR £560
Ten Royal Doulton figures "Lady Musicians" - Harp HN2482 no.511/750 22cm, Dulcimer HN2798 597/750 16cm, Lute HN2431 408/750 15cm, Hurdy-gurdy HN2796 532/750 15cm, Chitarrone HN2700 648/750 19cm, Violin HN2430 488/750 17cm, Virginals HN2427 263/750 16cm, French Horn HN2795 395/750 15cm, Cymbals HN2699 171/750 19cm, Viola D'amore HN2797 580/750 16cm, all modelled by Peggy Davies and all with boxes, certificates and 9 wooden bases
SOLD FOR £880
A late 19th century Staunton wooden chess set, all contained in a fitted mahogany box with hinged lid marked Staunton Chessmen