1824 – The Virginia Housewife (1838 edition) by Mary Randolph (Washington D.C, USA)
Seen as the first American cookbook, featuring recipes for cordials and other beverages.
1827 – Oxford Night Caps by Richard Cook (Oxford, England)
The first known book on mixed drinks written in English, as the name suggests this was written by Richard Cook, a resident at Oxford University, for students. A collection of drinks enjoyed at the university halls and residences in the early 1800s, it was originally published in 1827 as a pamphlet but grew into a book over three subsequent editions: 1835, 1847, 1871, 1931
1833 – Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and The West Indies. by Capt. J. E. Alexander
Contains early recipes for Cocktail, Sling, Mint Julep and Apple-Toddy.
1835 – Oxford Night Caps (3rd edition) by Richard Cook
1837 – Miss Leslie’s Complete Cookery; Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1853 49th edition) by Eliza Leslie
Includes a section on ‘Domestic Liquors; including home-made Beer, Wines, Shrub, Cordials, &c’. Various editions over more than 60 years.
1838 – Morewood’s History of Inebriating Liquors by Samuel Morewood
1847 – Oxford Night Caps (4th edition) by Richard Cook
1862 – The Bar-tender’s Guide, and Bon-vivant’s Companion – A Complete Cyclopedia of Plain And Fancy Drinks (1st edition) by Jerry Thomas
The first known book specifically aimed at bartenders.
Repro edition with new introduction and appendix by David Wondrich available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1863 – Cups and Their Customs by G. E. Roberts (London, England)
1866 – La Véritable Maniére de Faire le Punch by Turenne (Paris, France)
1867 – Charles Campbell’s American Barkeeper by Charles Campbell (San Francisco, USA)
1869 – Steward and Barkeepers Manual[repro editions] by J. Haney
1869 – Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (1st edition) by William Terrington (London, England).
1871 – Gentleman’s Table Guide by E. Ricket and C. Thomas (London, England).
1871 – Barkeepers’ Ready Reference by A. V. Bevill (Washington, USA)
1872 – Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (2nd edition) by William Terrington (London, England).
1873 – “American Fancy Drinks” by anon. New York Sun (New York, USA)
First notable, popular piece on cocktails
1874 – American Bar-Tender or the Art and Mystery of Making Drinks by E. A. Simmons (New York, USA)
1876 – The Bar-tender’s Guide; How to Mix Drinks; or The Bon-vivant’s Companion (2nd edition) by Jerry Thomas (New York, USA).
1878 – American and Other Drinks (1880 2nd edition) by Leo Engel (London, England)
1879 – Intoxicating Drinks, Their History and Mystery by J. Kirtion (London, England)
1879 – The Modern Bartender’s Guide by O.H. Byron
1882 – Harry Johnson’s Bartender’s Manual or How To Mix Drinks of the Present Style (“New & Improved”) [repro editions] by Harry Johnson (New York, USA)
1883 – Barkeepers’ Guide and Gentleman’s Sideboard Companion by Patrick McDonough
1884 – Scientific Bar-Keeping
1884 – Behind The Bar – The Complete Bartender Art of Mixing Plain and Fancy Drinks by Albert Barnes (Royal Publishing Co., Philadelphia, USA)
1884 – The Modern Bartender’s Guide by O.H Byron (New York, USA).
1884 – How To Mix Drinks-Bar-Keeper’s Handbook by George Winter
1884 – A Treatise on the Manufacture of Liquors, Cordials and Bitters, etc. (6th Edition) by Fr.A.Eichler (Philadelphia, USA)
1884 – American and Other Drinks (1st edition) by Charlie Paul
1885 – New Guide for the Hotel, Bar, Restaurant and Chef by Bacchus & Cordon Bleu
1887 – The Bar-tender’s Guide; How to Mix Drinks; or The Bon-vivant’s Companion (3rd edition) by Jerry Thomas (published posthumously New York, USA).
1887 – Dishes and Drinks by “an old Bohemian” Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss (London, England)
1887 – American & Other Drinks (2nd edition) by C. Paul
1888 – Good Things by Godall & Backhouse
1888 – The Bartender Or How To Mix Drinks by H. Lamore
1888 – Harry Johnson’s Bartender’s Manual or How To Mix Drinks of the Present Style (“New & Improved”) by Harry Johnson (New York, USA)
1888 – The Bartender’s Manual (Revised edition) by Theodore Proulx (Chicago, USA)
1888 – New Police Gazette Bartenders Guide (The Bartender or How to Mix Drinks) by Harry Lamore
1891 – Cocktail Boothby’s American Bar-Tender (first edition) by William T. Boothby (San Francisco, USA)
1891 – Wehmann’s Bartenders Guide by Henry J.Wehmann
Noted for containing the second known reference to a Martini
1892 – The Flowing Bowl – What And When To Drink by ‘The Only William’ Schmidt (New York, USA)
1892 – Drinks of the World by James Mew and John Ashton
1893 – Beverages & Sandwiches for Your Husband’s Friends by ‘One Who Knows’
1894 – Mixed Drinks; A Manual for Bar Clerks (1895 edition) by Herbert W. Green (Indianapolis, USA)
1894 – Saxe’s New Guide, or Hints to Soda Dispensers (3rd edition) by Saxe, D. W. (Chicago, USA)
1895 – The Mixicologist or How To Mix All Kinds Of Fancy Drinks (“revised edition”)by C. F. Lawlor (Cincinnati)
1895 – Modern American Drinks – How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks by George J. Kappeler (New York, USA)
1895 – American Bar Tender by R. C. Miller (Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA)
1895 – American and Other Iced Drinks (1902 edition) by Charlie Paul (London, England)
Repro edition with an introduction by Dale DeGroff available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1896 – Bariana: Recueil de toutes boissons americains et anglaises by Louis Fouquet (Paris, France).
This is the second known French cocktail book.
1896 – Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages by ‘The Only William’ Schmidt (New York, USA)
1898 – Mixology: The Art of Preparing All Kinds of Drinks by Joseph L. Haywood
1899 – Applegreen’s Bar Book (1st edition) by John Applegreen (Chicago, USA)
Subsequent editions in 1904, 1909, 1913.
1900 – The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen By Frederic Lawrence Knowles
1900 – Harry Johnson’s Bartenders’ Manual or How To Mix Drinks or the Present Style (The New and Improved Illustrated” edition) by Harry Johnson (New York, USA)
Repro edition with introduction by Robert Hess available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1900 – Cocktail Boothby’s American Bartender (second edition) by by William T. Boothby (San Francisco, USA)
1900 – Modern American Drinks by George J Kappeler (New York, USA)
1902 – Fancy Drinks by Frederic Lawrence Knowles.
1902 – The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual For Gentlemen by Bishop & Babcock Company.
1903 – The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer, London, England
1903 – Daly’s Bartenders Encyclopedia by Tim Daly, USA
Noted for Daly’s reference to Martinis served frappe, the second known Marguerite Cocktail recipe, and his “Bottle of Martini Cocktail” recipe stating that “this is supposed to be a very dry cocktail” so the first suggestion of a “Dry Martini”.
1904 – Drinks As They Are Mixed “by leading bartenders” edited by Paul E Lowe (Chicago, USA)
Nov 1904 – Stuart’s Fancy Drinks And How To Mix Them by Thos. Stuart (New York, USA)
1904 – American-Bar Recettes des Boissons Anglaises et Américaine (American Bar Drinks and Recipes of the English American) by Frank P Newman (Paris, France)
Written by a bartender at the Ritz, this 1904 edition of a book, originally printed in 1900, is notable for its inclusion of the first-known recipe for a “Dry Martini Cocktail”.
French edition published by Cocktail Kingdom with English and French introductions by Fernando Castellon available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1904 – Applegreen’s Bar Book by John Applegreen (Chicago, USA)
Contains a recipe for both a “Martini Cocktail” and a “Martini Cocktail, Dry” as well as a “Crisp Cocktail” that is basically an equal parts Dry Martini with a twist.
1904 – Toasts for the Times in Pictures & Rhymes By John William Sargent
1904 – Toasts by W. M. Rhodes
1905 – Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes, volume 5 by Christine Terhune Herrick and M. Harland
1905 – The Hoffman House Bartender’s Guide – How to Open a Saloon and Make It Pay by Charles S. Mahoney (New York, USA)
1905 – The Gorham Cocktail Book (New York, USA)
1906 – Louis’ Mixed Drinks By Louis Muckensturm (Boston, USA)
Noted for being the first book in the English language to use the name “Dry Martini” for a recipe combining gin and dry vermouth. The first known mention was in French – see 1904.
Repro edition published by Cocktail Kingdom with an introduction by Phil Duff available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1906 – Modern American Drinks – How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks by George J Kappeler (New York, USA)
1906 – Beverages & Sauces of Colonial Virginia by Laura S. Fitchett
1907 – Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes Vol. V by Christine Terhune Herrick and Marion Harland (New York, USA)
1908 – The World’s Drinks and How To Mix Them Standard Authority (“latest edition”) by Hon. Wm. “Cocktail” Boothby (San Francisco, USA)
Repro edition with an introduction by John Burton available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1908 – Jack’s Bar Manual 1st Edition by Jacob Abraham Grohusko (New York, USA)
1908 – The Hoffman House Bartender’s Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (New York, USA)
1909 – Drinks : How To Mix And How To Serve[note wrong date on Archive.org] edited by Paul E Lowe (Chicago, USA)
1909 – The Reminder – Up-to-date Bartenders’ Vest Pocket Guide (3rd edition) mainly by Jacob A. Didier (Binghamton, New York, USA)
Notable for the first appearance in a recipe book of a cocktail named Affinity.
1909 – Recipes of American and Other Iced Drinks mainly by Charlie Paul (London, England)
1909 – Guia Practica del Cantinero By Jorge Gasparo (Monterrey, Mexico)
1910 – Jack’s Bar Manual 2nd Edition by Jacob Abraham Grohusko (New York, USA)
1910 – Jack’s Bar Manual 3rd Edition by Jacob Abraham Grohusko (New York, USA)
1910 – The Hoffman House Bartender’s Guide – How to Open a Saloon and Make It Pay by Charles S. Mahoney (New York, USA)
1910 – The Barkeeper’s Manual (2nd Edition) by Raymond E Sullivan
1911 – Beverages De Luxe, edited by Geo. R. Washburne and Stanley Bronner (Louisville, USA)
1912 – The Hoffman House Bartender’s Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (New York, USA)
Repro edition published by Cocktail Kingdom with an introduction by Jim Meehan.
1912 – The Squire’s Recipes by Kendall Banning (Chicago, USA)
1913 – Bartender’s Manual by the Bartender’s Association of America.
1913 – Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub (Chicago, USA).
1913 – The Cocktail Book – A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen – New Revised Edition published by L. C. Page & Company, Boston, USA.
1913 – Lexikon der Getränk; (First Edition) by John Leybold and Hans Schönfeld
1914 – Drinks by Jacques Straub (Chicago, USA).
1914 – The World’s Drinks and How To Mix Them Standard Authority (second edition) by Hon. Wm. (Cocktail) Boothby (San Francisco, USA)
1914 – New Bartender’s Guide & The Up-to-Date Bartender’s Guide by Harry Montague and anon.
1916 – Jack’s Bar Manual 4th Edition by Jacob Abraham Grohusko (New York, USA)
1916 – Recipes for Mixed Drinks (1st Edition) Hugo R. Ensslin (New York, USA)
Noted for: the first Aviation recipe and first equal parts Alexander recipe
1916 – Cocktail Ology by Count Benvenito Martini
Noted for: the origin of the Oriental cocktail.
1917 – The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
Repro edition published by Cocktail Kingdom with an introduction by Ian Burrell.
1917 – Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition) by Hugo R. Ensslin (New York, USA)
Noted for: being the last major pre-Prohibition cocktail book.
1919 – Julian’s Recipes by Julian Anderson
1920 – Drinks by Jacques Straub (Chicago).
1920 – What to Drink by Bertha E. L. Stockbridge (New York)
1920 – Il Barista Guida del Barman Mixer by Mazzon Ferruccio
16th January 1920 – U.S. Prohibition starts
America was the main driver in the evolution of cocktails, so Prohibition had a dramatic effect on bartending and the cocktail books published during the period.
1921 – One Hundred and One Drinks as They are Mixed: Recipes for Cocktails and Other Beverages by Kuenzle & Streiff
May 1922 – Cocktails: How to Mix Them by Robert Vermeire
1922 – Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails
1923 – “Harry” of Ciro’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Christopher & Co. (London, England)
1924 – Manual del Caninero
1924 – Home-made Summer & Winter Drinks by M. E. Steedman and C. Herman Senn
1925 – About Town Cocktail Book (Vancouver, Canada)
1925 – Drinks-Long and Short by Nina Toye, Arthur H. Adair (W. Heinemann, London).
Noted for the first appearance of the Champs-Élysées cocktail.
1925 – Americana. Eight Cocktail Napkins, Hand Blocked, with Recipes and the Histories of Eight Famous Drinks by Prohibition Cocktail Book
1926 – Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails (4th Edition) by Harry MacElhone.
1926 – Cocktails by W. Slagter
1927 – Here’s How! by Judge Jr.
1927 – Here’s How! Revised Edition (content almost entirely different to above) by Judge Jr.
1927 – Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone (Paris, France)
1927 – L’Heure du Cocktail by Marcel Requien et al
1927 – El Bar Americano En España by Pedro Chicote
1927 – How to Mix Drinks & How to Serve by Paul E. Lowe
1927 – A Cocktail Continentale by Bruce Reynolds
1927 – My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions by Frank Shay and John Held Jr.
1927 – The Cocktail Book (St. Botolph Society)
1928 – Here’s How Again! by Judge Jr.
1928 – Giggle Water – How to make home-made mixed drinks, cordials, wines, etc. by Charles S Warnock.
1928 – The Bon Vivants Companion or How To Mix Drinks by Professor Jerry Thomas (who died in 1885) edited with an introduction by Herbert Asbury.
1928 – Cheerio! by Charles
1928 – More Pious Friends & Drunken Companions by Frank Shay and John Held Jr.
1928 – When It’s Cocktail Time in Cuba by Basil Woon
1929 – Drawn from the Wood by Frank Shay and John Held Jr.
1929 – Cocktails de Paris Presentes Par RIP
1929 – Here’s How Again! by Judge Jr.
1929 – Libro de Cocktail
1929 – Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen
1930 – The Art of Drinking – What and How by Dexter Mason (published by Farrar & Rinehart Inc., New York City)
1930 – Cocktails by Jimmy Late Of Ciro’s London (published by David McKay Company Inc. New York)
1930 – Noble Experiments by Judge Jr.
1930 – The Savoy Cocktail Book (1st Edition) by Harry Craddock (London, England)
1930 – Swallows : “Cocktail Bill” Boothby’s World Drinks and How to Prepare Them by Hon. WM. T. Boothby (San Francisco, USA)
1930 – The Home Bartender’s Guide and Song Book by Charlie Roe and Jim Schwenck (Experimenter Publications Inc., New York City, USA)
1930 – “Harry” of Ciro’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails (9th Impression) by Dean & Son (London, England)
1930 – Manual Oficial by Gerardo Corrales (editor) (Havana, Cuba)
1930 – Prohibition Punches by Roxanna Doran (Philadelphia, USA)
1930 – Shake ‘Em Up! by Virginia Elliot and Phil D. Strong
1930 – The Saloon in the Home by Ridgely Hunt, George S. Chappell and John Held Jr. (New York, USA)
1930 – The Future of Drinking by Gilbert Seldes
1930 – Bon Vivant’s Companion or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas
1931 – Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett (New York, USA)
1931 – The Old Time Saloon by George Ade (New York, USA)
1931 – 100 Cocktails; How to Make Them & What to Eat with Them by Anderson Fredericks
1931 – Happy Days by John
1931 – Tipple & Snack by Dexter Mason
1932 – Sloppy Joe’s Bar Season 1931-1932 (Havana, Cuba)
1932 – The Green Cocktail Book By “Jimmy” late of Ciro’s London (published by T. Warner Aaurie Ltd, London)
1932 – Cocktails; How to Mix Them by “Robert” (Robert Vermeire)
1932 – Sloppy Joe’s Cocktail Manual Season 1932-33
1932 – The Art of Mixing by James A. Wiley and Helene M. Griffith
1933 – Bar La Florida Cocktails (1st edition) (1934 edition)
1933 – What’ll You Have? By Julien J. Proskauer
1933 – Hollywood Cocktails (Buzza-Cardozo, Hollywood, California, USA). Published in November 1933, just prior to the end of U.S. Prohibition, page 1 has the telling phrase “Whenever it Becomes Legal to Serve“
1933 – Odell’s Book of Cocktails and Fancy Drinks (Fourth Edition
1933 – Jack’s Bar Manual 5th Edition by Jacob Abraham Grohusko (New York, USA)
1933 – Hollywood Cocktails (Buzza-Cardozo, Hollywood, USA)
1933 – Bartender’s Friend by “Mixer” (New York, USA)
1933 – Cocktail Parade (New York, USA)
1933 – 300 Drinks & How to Mix ’em
1933 – Quiet Drinking by Virginia Elliott
1933 – Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art of Polite Drinking by Alma Whitaker
1933 – The Bon Vivant’s Companion by George A. Zabriskie
5th December 1933 – U.S. Prohibition ends
On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, repealing the 21st Amendment and ending Prohibition. Bartenders and publishers were quick to supply a thirsty nation, leading to a profusion of new cocktail books.
1934 – Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars 1903-1933 by Charles C Mueller (New York, USA).
1934 – Harry Johnson’s New and Improved Bartender’s Manual and a Guide for Hotels and Restaurants (revised edition) by Harry Johnson (New Jersey, USA)
1934 – What Shall We Drink by Magnus Bredenbek
This has chapters on how to mix cocktails and the serving of red and white wine.
August 1934 – My New Cocktail Book (2nd Edition) by G. F. Steele (New York, USA)
1934 – The World’s Drinks And How To Mix Them by William Boothby
1934 – Official Mixer’s Manual (1st edition) by Patrick Gavin Duffy (New York, USA)
1934 – Bottoms Up by Jean Robert Meyer (New York, USA)
1934 – Here’s How to be Healthy by Bengamin Gayelord Hauser (Tempo Books Inc., New York City, USA)
1934 – The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book (2nd edition) by A. S. Crockett
1934 – 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar by R. de Fleury.
Oct 1934 – Here Is Something That Will Interest You (1st edition) (1937 3rd edition) by The Victoria Wine Co., London.
1934 – Rund um die bar by Oscar Neirath
1934 – 1934 Cocktail Book
1934 – Old Mr Boston Bartender’s Guide (3rd printing)
1934 – Simple Facts about Wine, Spirits, Ale & Stout
1934 – Official Bartender’s Recipes, 1934
1934 – The Mixologist by A. J. Bailey
1934 – Red Jay Bartender’s Guide
1934 – Irvin Cobb’s Own Recipe Book
1934 – 100 Famous Cocktails by Oscar of the Waldorf
1934 – Tom & Jerry’s Bartender’s Guide
1935 – Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book (3rd edition “with amendments due to repeal of the 18th”) by Albert Stevens Crockett (New York, USA)
Nov 1935 – Here Is Something That Will Interest You (reprint) by The Victoria Wine Co., London.
1935 – For Home Use – Angostura Bitters (third edition) by Henderson & Co. (London) Ltd.
1935 – Along The Wine Trail : an anthology of wines and spirits by G. Selmer Fougner. Published by The Stratford Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1935 – Bar la Florida Cocktails.
1935 – The Barkeeper’s golden book. The exquisite Book of American Drinks. by O. Blunier
1935 – Official Bartender’s Blue Book by Edward M. Brooks
1935 – Old Mr Boston Deluxe Official Bartender’s Guide by Leo Cotton
1935 – The Vicomte in the Kitchenette by Victome de Maudit
Cookbook with a few cocktail recipes.
Dec 1935 – So Red The Nose or Breath in the Afternoon by Sterling North and Carl Kroch, USA.
1936 – The Artistry of Mixing Drinks (1st edition) by Frank Meier (Paris)
1936 – Mille Misture by Elveio Grassi (Italy)
1936 – Burke’s Complete Cocktail and Tastybite Recipe by Harman Burney Burke (USA)
1936 – Cocktail Fashions of 1936 by Adrian
1936 – Old Mr Boston Deluxe Official Bartender’s Guide (3rd printing) by Leo Cotton
1936 – How to Mix Drinks (Drinks; How to Make and How to Serve Them) by Bill Edwards
1936 – Wine, Cocktails & Other Drinks by Frank A. Thomas
1937 – The UKBG’s Approved Cocktails
1937 – Café Royal Cocktail Book – Coronation Edition by W. J. Tarling
1937 – The How and When (1st Edition) by Hyman Gale & Gerald F. Marco
Nov 1937 – Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’em (1st printing) by Stanley Clisby Arthur (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA).
Dec 1937 – Here Is Something That Will Interest You (3rd edition) by The Victoria Wine Co., London.
Dec 1937 – Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’em (2nd printing) by Stanley Clisby Arthur (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA).
1937 – Bar La Florida Cocktails
Aug 1938 – Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’em (3rd printing) by Stanley Clisby Arthur (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA).
1938 – Legend of Liqueurs, Wines & Spirits (4th edition)
1938 – Cocktails by Jean Lupoiu
1939 – The Gentleman’s Companion (Volume II) An Exotic Drinking Book or Around The World With Jigger, Beaker And Flask by Charles H. Baker Jr. (New York, USA)
1939 – Just Cocktails (1st Edition) by W.C. Whitfield. Published by The Three Mountaineers Inc.., this book is distinguished by its wooden cover and leather lace binding.
1939 – Cocktails Bar La Florida
1939 – Gun Club Drink Book by Charles Browne
1939 – Bar Florida by Constantino Ribalaigua
Jun 1940 – The Official Mixer’s Manual (1st edition) by Patrick Gavin Duffy (New York, USA)
1940 – The How and When (2nd Edition) by Hyman Gale & Gerald F. Marco. This book is important due to the “Tropical Specialties” section introduced in this edition.
1940 – Hors D’Oeuvre & Canapes (with a Key to the Cocktail Party) by James Beard
1941 – Crosby Gaige’s Cocktail Guide and Ladies Companion by Crosby Gaige (New York, USA)
1941 – Here’s How by W.C. Whitfield
1941 – Toasts Around the World Cocktail Book by Hiram Walker and Sons
1943 – Cocktail Digest by Oscar Haimo of the Hotel Pierre, New York
1943 – Snoot If You Must by Lucius Beebe
1943 – 3 Bottle Bar by H. I. Williams
1944 – Standard Cocktail Guide by Crosby Gage.
1944 – 150 Recettas de Entremeses y Cock-tails (Biblioteca La Familia)
1945 – The How and When (3rd Edition) by Hyman Gale & Gerald F. Marco
1945 – Professional Mixing Guide
1945 – Complete Yearbook of French Quality Wines, Spirits & Liqueurs by W. Walter Crotch
1945 – How to be a Bartender (same as “Drinks as They are Mixed”) by George Gardner
1946 – The Rowing Bartender Two Hemisphere Drinks For Home and Bar by Bill Kelly (California, USA)
1946 – The Stork Club Bar Book by Lucius Beebe (New York, USA)
1946 – Trader Vic’s Book of Food and Drink by Victor Bergeron
Regarded as being the first Tiki book.
1946 – Old Mr Boston Deluxe Official Bartender’s Guide (6th printing) by Leo Cotton
1946 – The Gentlemen’s Companion; Being an Exotic Drinking Book, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask by Charles H. Baker Jr. (New York, USA)
1947 – Professional Mixing Guide
1947 – Bartender’s Guide by Trader Vic by Victor Bergeron
1947 – Here’s How by E. Jackson Barnett
1947 – And to Drink, Sir! by Martin H. Perry
1948 – The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks (1st edition) by David Embury
New edition with introductions by Audrey Sanders and Robert Hess and leather-bound edition available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1948 – Shaking with Eddie by Eddie Clarke (London, England)
1948 – El Arte del Cantinero Los Vinos Y Los Licores by Hilario Alonso Sanchez (Cuba)
1948 – Standard Bartender’s Guide by Patrick Gavin Duffy
1948 – Tom & Jerry’s Bartender’s Guide (1934 edition reprint)
1948 – The Bon Vivant’s Companion (2nd edition) by George A. Zabriskie
1948 – Cocktails by Jean Lupoiu
1949 – Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts
1949 – Livre de Cocktails by Emile Bauwens
1949 – The How and When (4th Edition) by Hyman Gale & Gerald F. Marco
1949 – Swinging Doors by Jim Marshall
1949 – El Bar Evolución Y Arte Del Cocktail by Jacinto Sanfeliú Brucart
1950 – The Cocktail Bar [vintage edition] by Charles (Published by W. Foulsham and Co London)
1950 – Professional Mixing Guide
1950 – The Earnest Drinker by Oscar Mendelsohn
1950 – Bar Guide by Ted Shane and Virgil Partch (illustrator)
1950 – Internationale Cocktailgids by W. Slagter
1951 – Bottom’s Up by Ted Saucier
1951 – The Bartender’s Book by Jack Townsend and Tom Moore McBride
1951 – The South American Gentlemen’s Companion; Volume I & II by Charles H. Baker Jr.
Edition published by Cocktail Kingdom with introduction by St. John Frizell available to buy on Cocktail Kingdom.
1951 – The Holiday Drink Book
1951 – The Hour by Bernard DeVoto
1952 – A Guide to Pink Elephants, Vol 1 (New York, USA)
June 1953 – The U.K.B.G. Guide to Drinks (first edition) by The United Kingdom Bartenders’ Guide (London, England)
1953 – The American Drink Book by S. S. Field
1954 – My 35 Years Behind Bars by Johnny Brooks (New York, USA)
1954 – King Cocktail – Shake Again with Eddie by Eddie Clarke (London, England).
1954 – Practical Bar Management by Eddie Clarke (London, England)
1954 – Nip Ahoy by Robert H. Loeb Jr.
1955 – Tragos Magicos by Santiago (Pichin) Policastro (Argentina)
1955 – King of Hearts Drink Book by anon. and Josephine Irwin (illustrator) (New York, USA)
1955 – Grossman’s Guide to Wine, Spirits, & Beers (revised edition) by Harold J. Grossman
1955 – What, When, Where & How to Drink by Richard L. Williams and David Myers
1955 – Caribbean Cocktail by Everild Young and K. Helweg-Larsen (London, England)
October 1955 – The U.K.B.G. Guide to Drinks (second edition) by The United Kingdom Bartenders’ Guide (London, England)
1956 – Esquire Drink Book by Frederic A. Birmingham (New York, U.S.A)
1957 – Here’s How! A Round the World Bar Guide by Lawrence Blochman
1957 – A Guide to Pink Elephants, Vol 2
1957 – Aquavit to Zombie by Peter Beilenson
1957 – Party Fare by Victor MacClure
1959 – VIP Tosses a Party by Virgil Partch (New York, U.S.A)
1961 – The Diners’ Club Drink Book by Matty Simmons
1962 – Bottom’s Up: New and Revised Edition by Ted Saucier (New York, USA)
1962 – The ABC of Cocktails published by Peter Pauper Press
1962 – Cocktails & Snacks by Robert and Anne London
1962 – The 24 Hour Drink Book by Ralph Maloney
1962 – Here’s How by Stouffer’s
1963 – Shaking in the 60’s by Eddie Clarke (London, England)
1963 – The Calvert Party Encyclopedia by Calvert Distillers
1963 – I Cocktails by Luigi Veronelli
1964 – Peter Pauper’s Drink Book by Peter Beilenson (New York, U.S.A)
1965 – John DeKuyper’s Complete Guide to Cordials by John DeKuyper
1965 – Old Mr. Boston Deluxe Official Bartender’s Guide (29th printing) by Leo Cotton
1965 – The Dictionary of Drink & Drinking by Oscar Mendelsohn
1965 – Easy to Make Maidens & Cocktails by L. Peterson and J. Ostheimer
1966 – Early American Beverages by John Hull Brown
1966 – Drinking for Love by Allen Schwartz
1967 – The Booze Book by Edith Vanocur and June Dutton (San Francisco, USA)
1968 – Trader Vic’s Pacific Island Cookbook by Victor Bergeron
1968 – Cups of Valor by N. E. Beveridge (Pennsylvania, USA)
1968 – The International Hangover Book by Auriel Douglas
1968 – Zodiac Cocktails by Stanley S. MacNiel
1970 – Nos Meilleures Boissons; Selected Drinks By Marcel Pace (Paris, France)
1971 – Professional Mixing Guide
1971 – Bartender’s Standard Manual by Fred Powell
1971 – Playboy’s Host & Party Book by Thomas Mario
1972 – The World of Drinks & Drinking by John Doxat (New York, USA)
1972 – On Drink by Kingsley Amis
1972 – Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide, Revised by Victor Bergeron
1972 – Quick Guide to Spirits by Robert Jay Misch (USA)
1972 – Cocktails & Mixed Drinks by Eddie Tirado
1973 – Frankly Speaking; Trader Vic’s Own Story by Victor Bergeron
1973 – The Book of Drinking by John Doxat
1973 – House & Garden’s Drink Guide by Collette Richardson (USA)
1974 – Traçado geral das batidas by Roberto Costa
1974 – Trader Vic’s Rum Cookery & Drinkery by Victor Bergeron
1974 – Playbook’s Party Drinks by Thomas Mario
1975 – Liqueurs for All Seasons by Emilio Cocconi
1975 – The Mint Julep by Richard Barksdale Harwell (Savannah, USA)
1976 – Home Bartender’s Guide by Abe Dobkin
1977 – Jones’ Complete Barguide by Stan Jones (USA)
1977 – The Cocktail Bar by “Charles” (London, England)
1977 – 1001 Cocktails in a Shake; The Home Bartender’s Guide by William C. Kuney
1979 – The World Guide to Spirits, Aperitifs & Cocktails by Tony Lord
1979 – Drinking in Vogue by Henry McNulty
1980 – Cocktails & Boissons by Bernard et Christine Charretton
1980 – Cinzano Cocktail Book by Michael Walker
1981 – The Silver Bullet: The Martini in American Civilization by Lowell Edmunds
1981 – The Indispensable Drinks Book by John Doxat
1981 – California Brandy Drinks by Malcolm R. Herbert
1981 – American Bartenders School Guide to Drinks by Jack Tiano (New York, USA)
1982 – Professional Mixing Guide published by Angostura International Limited
1982 – The Vogue Cocktail Book by Henry McNulty
1983 – Pocket Guide to Spirits & Liqueurs by Emanuel and Madeline Greenberg
1983 – Wine Lover’s Drink Book by John Poister
1983 – Schweppes; The First 200 Years (U.S edition) by Douglas A. Simmons (Atlanta, U.S.A)
1984 – Michael Jackson’s Pocket Cocktail & Bar Book by Michael Jackson
1986 – Schumann’s Tropical Barbuch by Charles Schumann and Günter Mattei (illustrations)
1987 – The View from Nowhere: The Only Bar Guide You’ll Ever Want – or Need by Jim Atkinson
1988 – Sardi’s Bar Guide by Vincent Sardi Jr. and George Shea
1989 – New American Bartender’s Guide by John J. Poister
1989 – Tropical Bar Book by Charles Schumann
1990 – Los cócteles del Boadas Cocktail Bar by María Dolores Boadas
1990 – The Complete Bartender by Robyn Feller
1990 – The Ultimate Cocktail Book by Ray Foley
1991 – The Bartender’s Bible by Gary Regan
1991 – Schumann’s Bar by Charles Schumann
1992 – Art of Cocktail by Philip Collins
1993 – The Complete Book of Mixed Drinks by Anthony Dias Blue
1993 – A Little Book of Tropical Drinks by Claire Clifton
1993 – Straight Up or On the Rocks; A Cultural History of American Drink by William Grimes
1994 – The New York Bartender’s Guide by Sally Ann Berk
1994 – Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log by Jeff Berry and Annene Kaye
1995 – Seagram’s Bartending Guide
1995 – The Martini by Barnaby Conrad III
1995 – The Ultimate Little Shooter Book by Ray Foley
1995 – American Bar by Charles Schumann published by Chapters Publishing Ltd.
1995 – Cultured Cocktail by Katharine Williams
1997 – Martini Companion; A Connoisseur’s Guide by Gary Regan and Mardee Regan
1997 – New Classic Cocktails by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan
1997 – Vintage Bar Ware by Stephen Visakay
1998 – Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log by Jeff Berry and Annene Kaye
1998 – Martini, Straight Up by Lowell Edmunds
1998 – The Classic Cocktails Book by Daniel R. White
1998 – Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century by Paul Harrington and Laura Moorhead
1999 – Hollywood Cocktails by Tobias Steed and Ben Reed
1999 – Vintage Cocktails by Susan Waggoner and Robert Markel
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