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| Marvin Mondlin at the Strand | |
Marvin Mondlin, longtime book buyer at the Strand Book Store in New York City, died March 6. He was 92.
Mondlin began in the book trade in 1951 as a stock boy and worked his way up to estate book buyer for the Strand, founding the store's Rare Book Room alongside then-owner Fred Bass. He was co-author of Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade, chronicling the history of Book Row. He was a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
He is remembered by his family and all those who knew him for his generosity and kindness, his infectious laugh, his love of good food, his passion for music and photography, his excitement about entomology, his commitment to social justice, and his insatiable appetite for knowledge and learning.