lacks d/j, green boards good, ex-lib, stamps at end papers and post-title page, spine faded, else vg Ruth Sewill; Elisabeth Lane The Free Men of Charlwood , Rose Garland Press , 1951. First edition. Cloth. 9" by 6" xii. 222pp. first edition of this historical work on the village and civil parish of Charlwood, but lacks dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, Tracing the history of Charlwood from its foundations prior to 1066, with chapters on the mediaeval way of life, Elizabethan times, country life after Restoration, to Charlwood in the modern twentieth century. (Note: map shows Gatwick Aerodrome and Race Course!!) Written by Ruth Sewill and Elisabeth Lane. corrigenda slip loosely inserted. Illustrated with a frontispiece and illustrations in text, with three folding maps inserted to rear pocket. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. with minor shelf wear, spine and boards lightly bumped to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean inside . With