Fortunately, mainly thanks to the free digital library of the Exposition Universelle des Vins et Spiritueux (E.U.V.S.), a museum in Bendor Island in the south of France, many of these works are now free to read on-line.
You'll find a timeline bibliography of the most important vintage cocktail books on the following pages with links to read many of them online, and even download PDF copies for your reference via E.U.V.S., Archive.org, Cocktail Kingdom's library, Google Books and other resources. We have also included links to purchase reproductions.