Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue
A 150-year-old book titled Antiquities of Athens was returned to a public library in Kiama, Australia, after being discovered behind a brick wall during home renovations. The library manager noted that the book would have accrued a massive fine, though the original borrower remains unknown.
‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens. ‘We’ve never had anything that old come back’: Kiama library manager Michelle Hudson with the book Antiquities of Athens. Australia news Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wall
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