From 1915 to 1938 Wills & Hepworth printed a variety of large children's books. The production of these books had been confined to filling in ‘machine time’ in between large colour printing commissions for car manufactureres Austin and Rover.

Ladybird books between the Wars were large and thick, on puffed-up (ie cheap, rough) paper in 2 colours and line, and were personally sold to market hucksters by Mr Hepworth, one of the original founders of Wills & Hepworth.

This page holds a list of books that Wills and Hepworth published prior to 1940.

Pre-1940 books
The entries below describes each title.

Nursery Rhyme and ABC Book - author Unknown - 0000

The Train Book - author Unknown - 0000

Fairies and elves painting book - author Unknown - 0000

Farmyard Panorama - author Unknown - 0000

Fairy Tales - author Unknown - 0000

Grandfathers Stories - author Unknown - 0000

The Little Travellers - author Unknown - 0000

Tales of Ships and Trains - Ethel Talbot - 1919

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