Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The short title of a book at the head of the first page of the text; also, the title of any subdivision of a book that immediately precedes that subdivision, when printed on a full page and in one line.
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- noun book printing a
page before the title-page containing the book'stitle but no title-page details
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Examples
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The tissue guard shows some age-related tanning, with slight offsetting to the title-page light tanning to endpapers, half-title, page edges; light wear to the spine ends, light wear to the title label, a small buckle to the cloth on the upper left of the back cover, some light fading, tanning to the spine and cover margins.
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The tissue guard shows some age-related tanning, with slight offsetting to the title-page light tanning to endpapers, half-title, page edges; light wear to the spine ends, light wear to the title label, a small buckle to the cloth on the upper left of the back cover, some light fading, tanning to the spine and cover margins.
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Shows some signs of wear and is no longer fresh about 3 hours ago from web first binding with two free end papers prior to the half-title.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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Shows some signs of wear and is no longer fresh about 3 hours ago from web first binding with two free end papers prior to the half-title.
biblio - twitter 2008
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Rose's inscription on the half-title page -- El. Rose/Kilravock
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That the essay does indeed from part of the Epilogue may be seen from the enclosed photocopies of the Table of Contents and the relevant half-title and running heads.
Like An Endless Rain 2009
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Buddhism and Buddhists in southern Asia, (On verso of half-title: The world's living religions, ed. by F.K. Saunders and H.P. Beach) by Kenneth J Saunders
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Burma: Buddhist migrants pressured to convert to Christianity 2008
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To which is prefixed a memoir of the author, with extracts from her journals (London, 1826) (Vol. 3 and 4 have the half-title: 'The Posthumous Works of Mrs Radcliffe'.) 'On the Supernatural in Poetry', New Monthly Magazine, 16 (1826): 145-152.
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I drew the map inside, opposite the half-title myself, for free.
Pet Peeves: Sepia-Toned Disembodied Females fusenumber8 2006
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What gave me a more appropriate half-title were the major piece in this section, "Efforts of Affection," with her subhead "A Memoir of Marianne Moore," and her words in "Primer Class": "The real name of this sensation is memory."
Bishop's Prose Gift Giroux, Robert 1984
reesetee commented on the word half-title
Also half title.
February 22, 2011