It turned out to be an issue of the Century illustrated monthly magazine, published in September 1894. Needham says Hanson did not know where the magazine had come from, didn't know who originally borrowed it, but it did have a Concord Public Library book plate right there, along with this inscription.
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Book returned to Cumbria school library 113 years overdue
Book returned to Cumbria school library 113 years overduePoetry of Byron borrowed by schoolboy Leonard Ewbank, who studied at Oxford and was killed at Ypres in 1916
Poetry Book Checked Out in 1974 Returned to Library 50 Years Later
A Virginia library was in for a surprise when a book was returned 50 years late!
Late last month, Hopewell Library in Hopewell, Va. posted a video on Facebook about a patron who checked out Leaves of Grass, a poetry collection by Walt Whitman, in 1974.
According to the library, the book was due on June 3, 1974 and it was finally returned on August 22, 2024.
Overdue library magazine with Beatles on cover back 50 years later
An Ohio library says a 1968 copy of Life magazine with the Beatles on the cover has been returned by a borrower who apologized for stealing it as a “kid” and sent $100 to cover late fees.
From Overdue library magazine with Beatles on cover back 50 years later – WISC
Overdue library book returned to school 120 years late
On discovering the HCS library stamp inside the book, Mrs Gillett, who lives near Taunton, decided to return it.
“I can’t imagine how the school has managed without it,” she said.
The book would have been of good use to young Boycott as he eventually graduated with first class honours in Natural Science and became a distinguished naturalist and pathologist.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-38240845
40-year overdue library book incurs no fee – but gratitude inspires donation
Michael Kelly checked out ‘So You Want to Be a Doctor’ in 1970. Since then, libraries have changed – dramatically, in some cases – to keep pace with changing reading habits and technology.
From 40-year overdue library book incurs no fee – but gratitude inspires donation – CSMonitor.com
Overdue Library Book Returned, After 78 Years
It’s Finally Back! A Chicago-area woman wanted to return an overdue copy of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” to the Chicago Public Library, but first she wanted to be sure she wouldn’t go to jail.
That’s because the book, a rare limited edition of the Oscar Wilde novel, was checked out in 1934. Harlean Hoffman Vision found it in her late mother’s possessions, with a Chicago Public Library stamp.
Overdue Book Borrowed by JFK Will be Returned to Library of Congress
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum said it will display, as part of a weeklong celebration of Presidents’ Day, a 1930 biography of Abraham Lincoln that was apparently borrowed by Kennedy, or a member of his staff, when he was serving in the Senate in the 1950s.
The Library of Congress book, “A. Lincoln” by Ross F. Lockridge, was found in Kennedy’s pre-presidential papers. It has been listed as missing in the Library of Congress online catalog, and will be returned to its collection after the display.
“It has just always been assumed to have been one of his books,” said library spokesman Tom McNaught, but the library recently learned “it had been checked out since he was a senator and he had just kept it.”
Long overdue library book returned from Ohio
A library book checked out from an Oklahoma school library in 1947 has turned up in Ohio and been returned — with a $250 check to cover overdue fees.
Librarian Betty Niver says the book “New Word Analysis: Or School Etymology of English Derivative Words” was mailed to Holland Hall School in Tulsa by Martha McCabe Jarrett.
Overdue book back after 25 years
We’re way overdue for an overdue book story! The BBC Saves The Day! An overdue book borrowed from a Cumbrian library more than a quarter of a century ago has been returned.
The book, Mining in the Lake Counties by WT Shaw, was posted back to Penrith Library anonymously during an amnesty.
It was last borrowed in April 1983 and was one of 400 overdue items returned to libraries throughout the county during the 10-day suspension of fines.
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