A Pennsylvania library said a book returned to the facility after being spotted at a book sale was nearly 120 years overdue.
The Carbondale Public Library said the book, “The Cruise of the Esmeralda” by Harry Collingwood, was returned by personnel from the Hawley Library, who spotted it at a book sale.
The book still has a pocket inside the cover listing the library’s rules and contains a library card issued to Horace Short in 1904.
The library said the book was checked out for 43,641 days, which would have accrued a fine of $872.82 at the 1904 rate of 2 cents per day, or $10,910.25 at the current rate of 25 cents per day.
Library officials said, “Mr. Short is very lucky we currently cap fines for books at $10.”