HOLLAND, MI -- The UPS package addressed to Diane Kooiker was non-descript. The book inside, not so much.

Kooiker, the Herrick District Library director in Holland, pulled out a tome that had been missing from shelves since 1967.

Also inside was a check to cover fees for the long overdue text and a letter detailing the absence from a Hope College alumnus, who explained he must have been researching World War II at the time.

"Somewhere along the way it got mixed up with my personal things and put into a trunk and shipped back to New York," the library patron wrote. "I have moved the trunk many times but until recently never opened it. Upon doing so, I found your book.

"Please accept the book and my modest donation to cover what I am sure is a tremendous fine."

Kooiker declined to identify the man, the amount he sent or the title of the book loaned.

"It more than covered the cost of the book," she said of the check. "We enjoyed the trip down memory lane and realize that there are good, honest people who have inadvertently misplaced a book.

"This is a little outside normal."