In the early years the firm was headquartered at the brothers' residence at 118, Newgate Street, London, England.

Early Evans Brothers publications included some of the foremost teacher training materials of the time, such as The Education News of Scotland, Irish School Weekly, Woman Teachers World, The Word Master, The Music Teacher, Child Education and The School Mistress.

Notable titles from the Evans stable included The Dam Busters and The White Rabbit (in their "Evans War Classics Editions" series) and a number of titles from the prolific British children's writer Enid Blyton.

[2] The firm also published the book series "Cadet Editions", "Let's Find Out", "Literature in Perspective",[3] "Evans Africa Plays" and "Modern African Writers".

[6] In 1966, Evans Brothers published the first edition of For My Grandchildren: Some Reminiscences of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.