Retrieving old non iBookstore iBook content for iPad from Mac

I have recently bought a new iPad and decided to make a clean sweep and start from scratch.
I have deleted all the old backups for my old iPad as they were hogging space and I thought I wouldn't need them however I forgot that I had a lot of books in iBooks (and PDFs) that weren't from the iBooks store so I can't restore those with my iCloud ID.
I have Time machine backups but don't know where to look for these – they must be stored in library somewhere. Any help appreciated.

I just used Find Any File to search for a pdf file I knew was in my iPad load. I'll try to include an image of the directory structure it showed for this iBooks file:
Perhaps this will give you an idea of where to look. Or you could search with Find Any File app like I did.
Phil

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