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front matter

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front matter
n.
The material, such as the preface, frontispiece, and title page, preceding the text in a book.
front matter
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another name for prelims [1]
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Noun1.front matter - written matter preceding the main text of a book
prelims
matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"


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I have given you the problematic example from the front matter of Slow Learner, but since the word appears multiply in every book the author has written, a brief catalogue is perhaps in order.
Forgetting Pynchon: Rick Moody on the Crying of Lot 49 by Moody, Rick / Artforum International
The volume begins with an exemplary introduction to the Renaissance portrait medal by Stephen Scher, who also wrote the front matter, introduction, and several entries for The Currency of Fame.
Stephen K. Scher, ed. Perspectives on the Renaissance Medal by Flaten, Arne R. / Renaissance Quarterly
The book's front matter asks readers to focus on the plight of MacArthur, the first of Martini's charges: "Suppose you were a lion cub--abandoned.
George Ella Lyon Mother to Tigers by Carter, Betty / The Horn Book Magazine
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