A single word for "table of contents" and "table of figures"

Solution 1:

These are front matter or preliminaries.

My battered Chicago Manual of Style (13th Ed.) says in 1.1:

A book usually consists of three major division: (1) the front matter or preliminaries ...

It goes on to list out the preliminaries:

  • Book half title
  • Series title
  • Title page
  • Copyright notice
  • Dedication
  • blank
  • Table of contents
  • Table of illustrations
  • List of tables
  • (more)