Our heritage [by Sandy Grant]

Sometime last week, I was in touch with a collector of antiquarian materials, lesser books, leaflets, posters and similar material in Johannesburg who regretted that ephemera of this kind only rarely survives.

 His lament came to mind when paging through a remarkable 143 page book, Recipes from (not for) Bechuanaland which had recently come to hand. The book is of that same kind, something which is seen as having little lasting value and will usually end up being dumped.  And more is the pity because in its own way this particular book is a gem.