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Londoniana

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Etymology

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From London +‎ -iana.

Noun

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Londoniana pl (plural only)

  1. Objects, materials, or documents relating to London, the capital city of the United Kingdom.
    • 1870 April 1, “Trade and Literary Gossip: London Bookbinders”, in The Bookseller: A Handbook of British and Foreign Literature, number 147, page 313:
      Collectors of Londoniana will thank us for drawing attention to a pamphlet just published by Mr. J. B. Day, “Correspondence, &c., relating to the Parochial System and Parochial Charities of the City of London;” the noticeable feature of which is a two sheet map of the city, with the boundaries of all the parishes very clearly defined.
  2. Objects, materials, or documents relating to Jack London (1876–1916), American novelist, journalist, and social activist.
    • 1996, Earle Labor, “Afterword: The Representative Man as Writer/Hero”, in Leonard Cassuto, Jeanne Campbell Reesman, editors, Rereading Jack London, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 220:
      Richard Weiderman founded Wolf House Books for the purpose of publishing Londoniana, including not only out-of-print London materials but also such important new books as James McClintock's pioneering study of London's short stories.12