Title page first numbered page. Title page 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. (A half title, by contrast, displays only the title of a work.) The title page is one of the most important parts of the "front matter" or "preliminaries" of a book, as the data on it and its verso (together known as the "title leaf") are used to establish the "title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility and the data relating to publication".
The Prehistory of The Far Side front and back covers. The next section shows a handful of cartoons that his editors rejected (or, in a few cases, that he never even bothered submitting), usually because they were considered in poor taste. Larson responds to everyone who's taken the trouble to complain, with a large print of a boy making a face. Larson presents a gallery of his own personal favorite "Far Side" cartoons. "I contemplated making this last section a collection of what I consider the "lousiest" cartoons I've ever drawn, but space was limited." The Prehistory of The Far Side The Prehistory of The Far