The Rising Star

Rising Star, The

Full title:

• The Rising Star: Student Publication of the Church of Light (1938-1940)
• The Rising Star (March 1950 – January 1953)
• The Rising Star Quarterly: Brochure of Hermetic Science (Spring 1953 – Summer 1953)
• The Rising Star Quarterly: The Little Book of Hermetic Science (Autumn 1953 – Autumn 1956)
• The Rising Star Quarterly (1975)

Editor: Schuler, Mildred (all issues from 1938-1957)

Publication credits:

• Wichita, Kansas (1938-1940)
• The Rising Star, Wichita University Station, Wichita 14, Kansas (1950- Autumn 1954)
• The Rising Star, Wichita 14, Kansas (Winter 1954-1957)

Holdings:

• Volume I No. III, March 31st 1938
• Volume I No. IV, April 29, 1938
• Volume I No. V, May 29, 1938
• Volume I No. VI, June 27, 1938
• Volume I No. VII, July 26, 1938
• Volume I No. VIII, August 25, 1938
• Volume I No. IX, September 23, 1938
• Volume I No. X, October 23, 1938
• Volume I No. XI, November 21, 1938
• Volume I No. XII, December 21, 1938
• Volume I No. XIII, January 20th, 1939
• Vol. III Number VIII, October 1, 1940. (Light separation to extremities of spine; short tear to top edge of front cover.)
• Vol. III Number IX, October 30, 1940. (Separation to bottom 2 cm and top 5mm of spine. A few short edge-tears to front cover. Internal leaves punched at inner margins but held loose without string ties.)
• Vol. III Number X, November 29, 1940. (Separation to top 6 cm and bottom 5mm of spine.)
• Vol. III Number XI, December 28, 1940. (Separation to top 2 inches and bottom 5mm of spine. Internal leaves punched at inner margins but held loose without string ties.)
• Volume XIII Number II, March-April 1950
• Volume XIII Number IV, July-August 1950
• Volume XIII Number VI, November 1950
• Volume XIII Number VII, December 1950
• Volume XIV Number I, January-February 1951
• Volume XIV Number II, March-April 1951
• Volume XIV Number III, May-June 1951
• Volume XIV Number IV, July-August 1951
• Volume XIV Number V, September-October 1951
• Volume XIV Number VI, November-December 1951
• Volume XV Number II, March-April 1952
• Volume XV Number III, May-June-July-August 1952
• Volume XV Number IV, September-October 1952
• Volume XV Number V, Nov.-Dec. 1952, Jan. 1953
• Volume XVI Number I, Spring 1953
• Volume XVI Number II, Summer 1953
• Volume XVI Number III, Autumn 1953
• Volume XVI Number IV, Winter 1953-1954
• Volume XVII Number I, Spring 1954
• Volume XVII Number II, Summer 1954
• Volume XVII Number III, Autumn 1954
• Volume XVIII Number I, Winter 1954 – Spring 1955
• Volume XX Number I, Autumn-Winter 1956 – Spring-Summer 1957
• No. 89, Autumn 1975

Binding format and presentation notes:

• All issues from 1938-1940 held bound together with original pictorial front but not rear covers in a single cloth volume (moderate wear to extremities of spine hinges and upper outer corners of boards; heavier wear to lower outer corners)
• All issues from 1938-1940 held printed in typescript throughout
• Oct-Dec 1940 issues, all issues from 1950 to 1957, and No. 89 (1975) as original separate issues
• 1940 issues comprise large-format double-sided sheets of typescript punched at inner margins, held within oversized original covers. String ties provided but not always in full use