The Flag: The Book of the Union Jack Club.

KIPLING, Rudyard; Marie Corelli; Arthur Conan Doyle; George Meredith. Edited by Major H. Trippel.

$100.00

Item Number: 121408

London: Published By The Daily Mail For The Union Jack Club, [1907].

First edition of The Flag: The Book of the Union Jack Club with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Marie Corelli and many others. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition.

The Union Jack Club is an Armed Forces Club in central London, England, for enlisted members and veterans of the British Armed Services and their families. George V, while the Prince of Wales, laid the club's foundation stone in July 1904. It was officially opened three years later, in July 1907, by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The Flag: The Book of the Union Jack Club contains contributions by members Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Marie Corelli, and George Meredith with an introductory extract from the speech of King Edward VII at the opening of of the Union Jack Club, July 1, 1907.