Book found bricked in fireplace is returned to a library — 150 years overdue

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace.

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace.

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace

The 1858 copy of Antiquities of Athens was returned after being found in a sealed fireplace during recent home renovations

The book published in 1858 was returned to the library in the seaside town of Kiama last week by a man who had found it during recent home renovations inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace.

The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wall An Australian public library has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late after being found behind a wall during a home renovation. The book, Antiquities of Athens, published in 1858, was returned to the l

A 150-year-overdue book resurfaces in an Australian library, found bricked in a fireplace  Toronto Star

A 150-year-overdue book resurfaces in an Australian library, found bricked in a fireplace  AP News

Avid reader Walter Griffith Owen checked out Paradise and King Lear over a century ago, in 1910, and failed to return them one week later.

A NSW library has a book returned rather late, but the policy of fining people for the offence was dropped at some point during the 150 years since it was borrowed.

A Welsh library received an unusual visit from a man who arrived to return a pair of books his grandfather had checked out 116 years earlier.