Mellor Library, List 42-44

August, 1937-1938

Mellor Papers

Unpublished

Mellor must have had an inkling that he wasn’t long for this world when in 1937 he began to sell off his enormous collection of books. The first sale of ‘Mellor’s Library’, facilitated by Harrods Ltd of Knightsbridge, was in August 1937. The second sale, with items for sale printed in this catalogue, was in November 1937. There were 867 items, which consisted mainly of chemistry books, and only included ‘Authors whose names commence with the letters A-K.’ The second half of the alphabet was to follow. Another sale in 1938 (month unspecified) included over 2000 titles from Mellor’s library. In 1960, Mellor’s wife Emma quantified his library at about 15,000 books.