A Memory, Lord Odo Russell, GCB, GCMG, PC, 1828-1884, Created Baron Ampthill 1882

Undated but circa 1980.  Typed manuscript, with portrait frontispiece.  308pp.  Perspex covers with spiral blinding.  4to.  There's a little wear and soiling to the text block edges and the rear cover panel has a short corner crease, else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. A memory of Lord Odo Russell, First Baron Ampthill (1829-1884), British diplomat and the first British Ambassador to the German Empire (in part because of his close relationship with Otto von Bismarck), written by his grandson, Cosmo Russell.  An intimate and detailed memoir, drawing heavily on Lord Ampthill's diaries and correspondence.