half title

Noun

Meaning

a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

half-title

Synonyms

bastard title appendix introduction index preface foreword prologue frontispiece epigraph table of contents acknowledgements list of abbreviations list of symbols dedication page partial title

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Hypernyms

page

Examples

Tanselle (1988), 673 Probably to accommodate Melville, Bentley inserted a half-title page in the first volume only, which reads "The Whale; or, Moby Dick". Source: Internet

Signed by Ms. Rice on a bookplate affixed to the half title page. Source: Internet

Signed inscription by Christel Meier on half title page. Source: Internet

Inscribing a copy of the novel for a PEN auction in 2014, Alice Walker wrote on the half-title: "I was mistaken. Source: Internet

Long authorial inscription to half title page. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

half thousand half time half tint half to death half tone half track