This item found its way home during an eight-day “fines amnesty period,” which shielded the guilty patron from a £4000 penalty in 2013. Loaned from: The Rugby Library in Warwick, England Years overdue: 63 The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi In 2013, this one was discreetly mailed in and the perpetrator was never brought to justice. Loaned from: The Fort Washington Branch of the New York Public Library in New York, New York Years overdue: 55 Loaned from: The Kewanee Public Library in Kewanee, Illinois Years overdue: 47Īccording to Guinness World Records, the $345.14 fee paid by the borrower of this lyrical compilation stands as the highest library fine in history. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children’s Reading and Speaking compiled by Burton and Elizabeth StevensonĬhildren on a field trip to the Library Congress, possibly reading ‘Days and Deeds.’ / Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images But they did leave a note: “Sorry I’ve kept this book so long, but I’m a really slow reader! I’ve enclosed my fine of $299.30 (41 years, two cents a day). Like the previous entry, the person who turned in this field guide declined to reveal their name. Loaned from: The Champaign County Library in Urbana, Ohio Years overdue: 41 The Real Book About Snakes by Jane Sherman It contains more than 300 recipes-and it’s probably safe to assume that the culprit had plenty of time to try out every single one of them. In 2014, someone anonymously returned this fitness-friendly cookbook, which had been missing since September 24, 1992. Loaned from: The Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas Years overdue: 21 The Versatile Grain and the Elegant Bean: A Celebration of the World’s Most Healthful Foods by Sheryl and Mel London Read on for that and other truly tardy returns. It was unclear whether he was responsible for the $2 late fee.Īmazingly, Maxwell’s tome wasn't the only multiple-decades-overdue book sent back to the New Bedford library. The curator, Stewart Plein, contacted the Massachusetts library and returned the book. That meant the book was more than 119 years overdue. An Elementary Treatise on Electricity by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell had been checked out of the New Bedford, Massachusetts, public library on February 14, 1904-and it lacked a stamp indicating it had been officially taken out of circulation. In July 2023, a rare books curator at West Virginia University Libraries was inspecting a box of donated books when he discovered one long past its due date.
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