ShareMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace. The library opened in 1872, and the book, “Antiquities of Athens,” published in 1858, was marked as No. Read MoreLibrary rules in the 1870s stated that a book had to be returned and an overdue debt paid before another book could be borrowed. The returned book will be displayed in the library’s local history collection. We don’t want to wait another 150 years for this book to be returned,” Hudson said.