Raphaël Freeman
What is the Half-Title Page?
In a previous article, The Anatomy of a Book, I discussed the various elements that exist in a book. Essentially the prelims, the body of the book and the end matter. The half-title page, also called a bastard title, normally gives the book’s title without the subtitle or author’s name. It usually comes near the beginning of the prelims, though praise pages may precede it. A second half-title can also appear before the main text. These are not competing definitions of “half-title” (Chicago...
