Vintage cocktail books published 1920 to 1926
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
1920 - 156 Recettes de Boissons Américaines (Paris, France)
1920 - Metropolitan Club, Washington D. C. Cocktails
1920 - Down The Hatch
1920 - For Snake Bites – or something
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
1921 - American Drinks by Victor Hugo Himmelreich
1921 - Guide Du Barman et du Gourmet Chic (1st edition) by A. Torelli
1921 - Le Barman Guide du Limonadier et du Restaurateur by Oliver Mayor
May 1922 - Cocktails: How to Mix Them by Robert Vermeire
1922 - Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails (First Edition) by Harry MacElhone.
1922 - Home.Made Beverages and American Drinks by M. E. Steedman
1922 - Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines by Helen S. Wright
1922 - Quelques Recettes pour boissons américaines by Erven Lucas Bols (Amsterdam)
1922 - Hoe Maakt Men American Plain-En Fancy Drinks W. Slagter
1922 - Good Cooking and Health in the Tropics* by Elsie McCloskey Gaches (Manila).
1923 - "Harry" of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Christopher & Co. (London, England)
1924 - Manual del Cantinero (Habana, Cuba)
1924 - Kokuteeru by Yonekichi Maeda
Regarded as Japan's first modern cocktail book, this was translated in o English in 2022 and is widely available.
1924 - Home-made Summer & Winter Drinks by M. E. Steedman and C. Herman Senn
1924 - Carlo's Cocktails et Boissons Américaines by Carlo Beltramo
1924 - Das Mixer-buch by A. Brehmer
1924 - Manual Del Barman by Antonio Fernández (Tony)
1924 - Angostura Bitters Centenary 1924 Gift Book of Cocktail and Other Recipes
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
1925 - Buckstone Book of Cocktails by 'Robert' Buckby and George Stone
1925 - Summer Drinks and Winter Cordials by Mrs C. F. Leyel
1925 - L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero
1925 - Der Mixologist by Carl A. Seutter
March 1926 - The Cocktail Book (New Revised Edition) (3rd Impression)
1926 - Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails (4th Edition) by Harry MacElhone.
1926 - Cocktails by W. Slagter
1926 - Kakuteru Seihō Hiketsu (Secrets of Cocktail Preparation/Making) written by Nakata Seizō and published in Japanese by Kokusai Ryōri Kenkyūjo (International Culinary Research Institute).
Interesting historically as it contains early Japanese versions of cocktails including the Million Dollar and Bennett.
