(India, Sikh Empire, Punjab.) Prince Frederick Duleep Singh ...

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(India, Sikh Empire, Punjab.) Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868-1926), 'Trumpet and Bugle Sounds for the Army with Instructions for the Training of Trumpeters and Buglers', War Office, September 1895, pencil ownership signature of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh on FFEP "F. Duleep Singh / Old Buckenham", 147pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt. Prince Frederick was the second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh of Elveden Hall, who was the last ruler of the Punjab. Provenance: From the estate of the personal secretary of Princess Bamba Sutherland Duleep Singh; together with 7 other books similar, including Charles Tomlinson: 'The Thunder-Storm', London, SPCK, [nd], signed & inscribed by Princess Bamba Sutherland (née Duleep Singh) (1869-1957) to her sister Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh (1871-1942) on FFEP "Bamba from Catherine Dec. 25 1887", original cloth gilt (very worn, case detached from textblock but present); Algernon Swinburne: 'Songs Before Sunrise', 1899, new edition, pencil signed in initials by Princess Bamba (1869-1957) on FFEP "B.D.S." [i.e. Bamba Duleep Singh], orig. cloth gilt worn, FFEP loose, toned; plus 2 with ownership signatures of David Waters Sutherland (1872-1939), husband of Princess Bamba, including M.C. Forbes: 'To Kulu and Back', Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co., 1911, folding map frontis, 160,xxviii pp, "D.W. Sutherland" signature at head of title page, original cloth gilt very worn; plus 3 others including Durlab Singh: 'The Rebel President. A Biographical Study of Subhas Chandra Bose', Lahore, Hero Publications, 1941, 2nd edition, 4 plates as called for, original cloth (worn); plus another dated 1890 with initials "D.S." on FFEP and another with initials at front not entirely legible, possibly "D.S.S.[?]". Provenance: From the estate of the personal secretary of Princess Bamba Sutherland Duleep Singh