A selection of six items on naval history and practice from the collection of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936), traveller, author and politician. There are three pre-1701 items, including 'The declaration and proposals of the Estates of Scotland ... to rescue His Majesty from his base imprisonment' [London], 1648.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'C. Graham.'.

Acquisition

The books were donated in 1961 by his nephew and heir, Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham, along with a collection of family correspondence deposited in the Library in the same year.

Related collections

The manuscripts now form part of the correspondence and papers of Cunninghame Graham held at Acc.11335.