A New Jersey man says he has returned an overdue library book � 53 years after he first borrowed the book.

Fair Lawn resident Harry Krame says he checked out �The Family Book Of Verse� by Lewis Gannet from his school library when he was 13 and Lyndon Johnson was president. The now 65-year-old Krame found the book recently while cleaning out his basement and felt guilty about keeping it overdue for all those years.

Memorial Middle School Vice Principal Dominick Tarquinio says a late fee at today�s rate would be about $2,000, but says the district will let it slide.

School librarian Susan Murray says she plans to use the book for a display to teach students about returning books.

(AP)