RA Collection: People and Organisations
The company traces its origins to 1867, when Henry Wills opened a bookshop in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Within a decade he progressed to printing and publishing guidebooks and street directories. He was joined by William Hepworth in 1904, and the company traded as Wills & Hepworth
By August 1914, Wills & Hepworth had published their first children's books, under the Ladybird imprint. From the start, the company was identified by a ladybird logo, at first with open wings, but eventually changed to the more familiar closed-wing ladybird in the late 1950s. The ladybird logo has since undergone several redesigns, the latest of which was launched in 2006.
Wills & Hepworth began trading as Ladybird Books in 1971.
Margaret Elise Gagg
The Farm : a Ladybird learning to read book / text by M.E. Gagg ; Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe - Loughborough: 1958
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E. L. Grant Watson
What to look for in Winter / by E.L. Grant Watson ; with illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. - Loughborough: 1959
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E. L. Grant Watson
What to look for in Autumn / by E.L. Grant Watson ; with illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. - Loughborough: 1960
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E. L. Grant Watson
What to look for in Summer / by E.L. Grant Watson; with illustrations by C F Tunnicliffe - Loughborough: 1960
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