Vintage cocktail books published 1900 to 1904
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)
1900 - American-Bar Recettes des Boissons Anglaises & Américaines by Frank Newman (Paris, France)
1900 - Le Pays du Cognac by L. Ravaz
1900 - Twentieth Century Guide For Mixing Fancy Drinks
1901 - The Complete Buffet Manual or How to Mix Fancy Drinks by J. E. Sheridan
1902 - Fancy Drinks by Frederic Lawrence Knowles.
1902 - The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual For Gentlemen by Bishop & Babcock Company.
1902 - 156 Recettes de Boissons Américaines by N. Larsen
1902 - Recipes of American and Other Iced Drinks by Charlie Paul
1902 - "Red Top Rye Guide" or How to Make Fine, Fancy or Mixed Drinks
1902 - Fox's Bartender's Guide (New York, USA)
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".
1903 - The Still Room By Mrs Charles Roundell
1903 - The Bachelor Book.
1903 - The Complete Buffet Guide or How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks By V. B. Lewis
1903 - Hegenbarth's Getränke-Buch by Max Hegenbarth's Verlag
1903 - Manual de Cocktails y bebidas mezcladas by C. Lefebre
The earliest known cocktail book from Uruguay/Argentina.
1904 - Drinks As They Are Mixed "by leading bartenders" edited by Paul E Lowe (Chicago, USA)
1904 - One Hundred and One Beverages by May E. Southworth
1904 - A Book of Beverages
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
