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Half-title page of Picturesque New Guinea (1887), with ornamentation above and below the title. The half-title or bastard title is a page carrying nothing but the title of a book—as opposed to the title page, which also lists subtitle, author, publisher and edition. The half-title is usually counted as the first page (p. i) in a printed book. [1]
The foreword to Men I Have Painted, by John McLure Hamilton; 1921 Foreword, to a 1900 book in German. A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the ...
Title page of the 1925 first edition of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The title page of a book, thesis or other written work is the page at or near the front which displays its title, subtitle, author, publisher, and edition, often artistically decorated.
Facsimile of the original title page for William Congreve's The Way of the World published in 1700, on which the epigraph from Horace's Satires can be seen in the bottom quarter. In literature , an epigraph is a phrase, quotation , or poem that is set at the beginning of a document, monograph or section or chapter thereof. [ 1 ]
Cathryn Mercier in Five Owls review journal noted the "innovative mixture of history and fiction" and said the book was "expertly crafted and consistently involving, it is sure to excite, enthrall, and challenge readers." [9] Horn Book, giving it its highest rating of outstanding, said the book was "a rousing adventure story". [10]
The title traditionally appears on the page as a single line in capital letters, but modern half title pages may be scaled-down versions of the typography from the full title page. The half title page faces a blank verso or an endpaper. [5] Frontispiece: Author or publisher: A decorative illustration on the verso facing the title page. It may ...
Such colophons might identify the book's designer, the software used, the printing method, the printing company, the typeface(s) used in the page design and the kind of ink, paper, and its cotton content. [16] Book publishers Alfred A. Knopf, the Folio Society and O'Reilly Media are notable for their substantial colophons. [citation needed]
Demian: The Story of a Boyhood is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author; the tenth edition was the first to bear his name.