8vo. [4], 122pp. Several photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed textured paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'With best compliments to Dr. R. A. Hughes, from the Author. Hamlet Septmer. 5, 1964'.

The sole edition of a monograph on the history and culture of the Khasi people of north-eastern India.

Robert Arthur Hughes (1910-1966), Welsh medical missionary in Shillong, Meghalaya, north-east India, and an influential leader in the Presbyterian Church of Wales.