title: Character & Novelty Clocks & Watches: Identification & Values (Collector Books)
author:  Jim Collings 
description: Jim and Merlyn Collings have been collecting character and novelty clocks and watches for 25 years. They have also written many articles for the C.O.C.A. Times (Coin Operated Collector's Association) magazine, dealing with antique coin-operated scales. Jim is a retired school teacher who taught for 34 years. He has a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Northern Colorado.
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  > A DCI HARRY MCNEIL NOVEL
  
  > JOHN CARSON
  
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