diff --git a/sru/almasru.py b/sru/almasru.py
index eeda6572329732887dc8f368e6169603c6f5c021..1226453cf2c9fb622493312b2adbd3687bbccad5 100644
--- a/sru/almasru.py
+++ b/sru/almasru.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class NotUnique(SruException):
     pass
 
 
+class TooManyRecords(SruException):
+    pass
+
+
 class SruDiagnostics(SruException):
     pass
 
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ class RecordRetriever:
         num_recs = sru_xml.find("srw:numberOfRecords", self.namespaces)
         self._raise_error_no_match(num_recs)
         self._raise_error_sru(sru_xml)
+        self._raise_error_too_many_recs(num_recs)
 
         num_pages = int(num_recs.text)//10
 
@@ -121,6 +126,8 @@ class RecordRetriever:
             startrecord = (i+1)*10+1
             sru_url = self._create_url(alma_query, startrecord)
             sru_xml = self._response_to_xml(sru_url)
+
+            self._raise_error_sru()
             xml_list.extend(self._extract_marc_xml(sru_xml))
 
         return xml_list
@@ -147,16 +154,23 @@ class RecordRetriever:
     def _raise_error_unique(num_recs: Element):
 
         if (num_recs is not None and
-                num_recs.text > '1'):
+                int(num_recs.text) > 1):
             raise NotUnique('More than one record found'
-                            'while exactly one was expected!')
+                            'while exactly one was expected.')
 
     @staticmethod
     def _raise_error_no_match(num_recs: Element):
 
         if (num_recs is not None and
                 num_recs.text == '0'):
-            raise NoRecord('No matching records found!')
+            raise NoRecord('No matching records found.')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _raise_error_too_many_recs(num_recs: Element):
+
+        if int(num_recs.text) > 10000:
+            raise TooManyRecords('SRU searches are limited to 10.000 '
+                                 'records.')
 
     def _raise_error_sru(self, sru_xml: Element):