The Jerwood Library at Cambridge University's Trinity Hall said a library book -- a 19th century atlas -- was returned to the facility about 50 years past the date it was due. Photo courtesy of the Jerwood Library
The book was accompanied by a note explaining it had been borrowed by a Trinity Hall undergrad student in the early 1970s. The library said its records don't go back far enough to determine the exact date that the book was checked out.
The library said the fine for the overdue book would have been more than $4,000 at the rate of about 27 cents per day, but the facility stopped charging late fees three years ago.
The library said in a statement that officials are "really grateful to the person who returned this book to us. It's definitely a case of better late than never!"
