Anthony Rowe, the printer who was known widely in the book trade, died last month. He was a remarkable person, a gentleman. Lionel Leventhal, in his On Publishing, wrote: “In the period leading to my sale of Arms & Armour Press, there had been a significant development in printing: the short-run printing process. A combination of factors enabled a British printer, Antony Rowe, to set up a system whereby books could be printed economically in lower quantities than ever before. A short run meant that one could reprint books that were out of stock, or reprint older titles that were out of print but catered for niche or specialist audiences, in a publishing context.” The Daily Telegraph sub-titled their large Obituary notice ‘Submariner, Olympic oarsman and printer who produced the controversial edition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ and said: “In 1983 Rowe then founded Antony Rowe Limited, an innovative short-run book producer . . . Rowe’s short-run technology defined the market, and publishers are now able to produce high quality short-runs of reprints and end-of-line textbooks at economically viable unit costs; in some cases even single copies of books can be produced on demand. The company now employs more than 300 people.” Antony Rowe had a remarkable life and, at the age of sixty-five he decided to take up riding. With his wife he rode across Spain, France, Turkey, Portugal, Africa, India (twice) and the Andes. He died aged 79. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 127 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com