From Charleston WV-A first edition autographed copy of Helen Keller’s “Out of the Dark” almost had a tragic accident nearly 50 years ago — it was placed in an unwanted box of books intended for an apartment garbage incinerator in Washington, D.C.
But before the book was gone forever, Tom Rardin, now a Charleston resident, saved it from being destroyed. Now, years later, he has donated the almost 99-year-old book to be sold Saturday at the “Treasures on Earth” antique fundraiser held by St. John’s Episcopal Church.
In 1964, Rardin lived in a high-rise apartment near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. He said on his floor lived a mother and daughter, whose names he could not recall, who were both teachers at George Washington University.
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