{"id":63781,"date":"2023-04-26T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T22:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/new-jersey-library-receives-book-return-after-44-year-mystery-looking-like-new-63781"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T22:39:19","slug":"new-jersey-library-receives-book-return-after-44-year-mystery-looking-like-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/new-jersey-library-receives-book-return-after-44-year-mystery-looking-like-new-63781","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey library receives book return after 44-year mystery: &#8216;Looking like new&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A lost library book about airplanes has been returned to its rightful owner in the Garden State. The tome\u2019s whereabouts remained a mystery for over four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercer County Library System in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/regions\/north-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lawrenceville, New Jersey,<\/a> notified its social media followers about the unexpected return earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Photos uploaded by the library system show the returned book was a plain blue hardcover entitled &#8220;Back to Basics,&#8221; which was written by the 1977 editors of Flying Magazine, and was published by the Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/library-receives-overdue-book-47-years-ago-anonymous-note-surprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LIBRARY RECEIVES OVERDUE BOOK FROM 47 YEARS AGO, ALONG WITH ANONYMOUS NOTE AND A SURPRISE<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This book finally found its way back to the library today after 44 years,&#8221; the Mercer County Library System wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook and Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The library went on to note that the person who originally checked out the book was able to keep the checkout card &#8220;intact&#8221; and &#8220;looking like new.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The blue checkout card, which stated the library book was due on Wednesday, July 25, 1979, disclosed that losing the card would incur a 10-cent fee.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the Mercer County Library System for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/library-book-returned-110-years-idaho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LIBRARY BOOK RETURNED AFTER 110 YEARS IN IDAHO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mercer County Library System\u2019s social media posts say the &#8220;Back to Basics&#8221; book was returned on Monday, April 3, 2023, meaning the book was returned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/odd-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15,958 days after its due date.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/back-to-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Back to Basics&#8221;<\/a> book, which dives into aircraft construction, cockpit mechanic and flight procedures, was checked out from the Mercer County Library\u2019s Ewing Headquarters Branch in Trenton, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/vintage-cookbooks-may-worth-thousands-dollars-6-reasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VINTAGE COOKBOOKS MAY BE WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS: HERE&#8217;S 6 REASONS WHY<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current online listings for Flying Magazine\u2019s &#8220;Back to Basics&#8221; book on ThriftBooks.com and eBay have priced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/lifestyle-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introductory plane mechanics book<\/a> at around $6.<\/p>\n<p>Flying Magazine was established in 1927 and the niche trade publication continues to cover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aviation news and airplane reviews.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. was acquired by John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc. 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