Boats is Saintlier than Captains. Thirteen Ways of Looking at Morality, Language and Design.

Bookseller Notes

Thirteen wide-ranging short essays concerning morality, language and design, including examples from the 15th-century typographer, Peter Schoeffler, Chekhov, through an essay by Lev Shestov, and the Nishga River People through the eyes of the anthropologist Franz Boas. The title derives from the author's encounter with a harbourmaster, during a summer job at a luxury marina, when, while retrieving a stray vessel, the old man said "Boats is saintlier to me." This copy inscribed 'for Al Mears, My first & fearless collector, Russell Maret'.