flyleaf
Book's blank page
A flyleaf is a blank page at the beginning or end of a book, between the cover and the title page or final text.
Authors often sign flyleaves, and owners write inscriptions there: For Sarah, with love—Dad.
The plural is flyleaves.
Leaf connecting binding, cover
- pastedownGlued-down endpaper
- hingeMovable connecting joint
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
signature · tipping · hardcover · binding · sheet · frontmatter · sewn · glued
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- autographHandwritten personal signature
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
- handwrittenWritten by hand
personalized · message · gift · keepsake · bookplate · penmanship · ink · scribble
Wrote one's name on
- autographedBearing someone's signature
- authorCreator of written works
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- rareSeldom found or seen
provenance · ownership · annotation · marginalia · estate · antiquarian · valuable · bibliophile
endpaper
Leaf connecting binding, cover
gathering · signature · tipping · hardcover · binding · sheet · frontmatter · sewn · glued · attached
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- autographHandwritten personal signature
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
handwritten · personalized · message · gift · keepsake · bookplate · penmanship · ink · scribble · presentation
preliminary
Before the main part
verso · facing · title-page · half-title · opening · closing · terminal
signed
Wrote one's name on
- autographedBearing someone's signature
- authorCreator of written works
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
rare · provenance · ownership · annotation · marginalia · estate · antiquarian · valuable · bibliophile
unmarked
Having no visible identification
unwritten · bare · unused · untouched · uninscribed · virgin · spotless · void · unfilled · space
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- book collectingbibliophiles, first editions, rare books, first edition, antiquarian
- book artillustration, book covers, frontispiece, book cover art, cover art
- manuscriptscodex, codices, folio, folios, papyri
flyleaftitle page
Book's identifying front page
printed page · body text · table of contents · index · frontispiece