1905-1911

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Vintage cocktail books published 1905 to 1911

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)

1905 - Bebidas Americanas, Refrescos y Licores

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

1906 - How To Mix Drinks by George L. Spaulding

1906 - A Bachelor's Cupboard by A. Lyman Phillips

1907 - Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes Vol. V by Christine Terhune Herrick and Marion Harland (New York, USA)

1907 - Smacks and Smiles (10th edition) by Charles Smith

1907 - American Bar Recettes des Boissons Anglaises et Américaines by Frank L. Newman

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)

1909 - Der Mixologist by Carl A. Seutter

1909 - Manual del Cantinero by Carlos Golfrin

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

1910 - Das Buch der American Drinks by Richard Andeck

1910 - Manual del Cantinero o Cocktelero Perfecto by E. Moreno

1910 - Toasts; Wines and How to Serve Them by Randolph Rose

1910 - 101 Drinks and How to Mix Them

1911 - Beverages De Luxe, edited by Geo. R. Washburne and Stanley Bronner (Louisville, USA)

Books published 1912 to 1919

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