After being checked out for 101 years, a copy of William Shakespeare’s Life of King Henry the Fifth was returned to a library in New Jersey.
A woman named Cynthia Delhaie discovered the book while going through the belongings of her late grandmother, Arlene Delhaie, and found that it had been checked out from the library in 1923, according to authorities at the Paterson Public Library.
Delhaie got in touch with the library and arranged for the book to be returned.
“It’s never too late to return overdue library materials,” Corey Fleming, director of the Paterson Public Library, stated to TAPinto Paterson. “This is the first time I have encountered something like this in over 20 years of working in this field.”
The 1910 edition, according to librarians, was produced in small quantities and is highly prized by collectors.
It wasn’t quite as long overdue as a book that was returned to Colorado’s Poudre Libraries earlier this year. A copy of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe was returned 105 years after it was supposed to be sent on February 13, 1919, according to officials.
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Moreover, Prior to her retirement, Arlene Delhaie worked as a dispatcher for the Teaneck Police Department and was regarded as a devoted member of the community. She actively participated in a number of local groups, such as the Wright Aeronautical Retirees and the Order of the Eastern Star.
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