Book returned to Australian library 150 years overdue after man finds it bricked in fireplace

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

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

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.