This is a collection of adventurous short stories, to which a connected interest is given by the personality of the hero. "The Mixer" is a particularly cool and resourceful scoundrel who works on the philanthropic principle of robbing only the thief and out-swindling the swindler. Each story describes some fresh exploit more daring and original than the last. The book contains the following The Outwitting of Pony Nelson - The Great Geneva Sweepstake - A Speculation in Shares - The Bank That Did Not Fail - Mr. Limmerburg's Waterloo - A Close Call and Its Sequel - How a Famous Master Criminal Was Trapped - Mr. Sparkes, the Detective - The Submarine-Chaser Coup - A Strange Film Adventure - The Girl From Gibraltar - A Gambling Raid - The Silk Stockings - The Case Of Dolly De Mulle - The Seventy-Fourth Diamond - Cinema Teaching By Post - The Billiter Bank Smash - The Spanish Prisoner - The Crown Jewels - The Professor.
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Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: near fine paperback, not 1st printing. Anthony (aka The Mixer) and his two friends, having left the army in "unpleasant circumstances" despite their heroic service, find that making money by stealing from thieves is exhilarating. Seller Inventory # FA21.078
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Seller: John Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Square solid copy with wear on covers from rubbing. Seller Inventory # 25603
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