1938-1949

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Vintage cocktail books published 1938 to 1949

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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 Mixed Drinks as served at the Hotel Martinique

1938 - Cocktails by Jean Lupoiu

1938 - Sloppy Joe's Bar, Season 1938

1938 - The Art of Bartending and Mixing Drinks by Bud Carroll

1938 - The Cocktail Hour

1938 - The Merry Mixer from the House of Schenley

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 - Sloppy Joe's Cocktail Manual, Season 1939

1939 - Cocktails Bar La Florida

1939 - The World Famous Cotton Club - Barman Charlie Conolly's 1939 Book of Mixed Drinks by Charlie Conolly

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 - Sloppy Joe's Cocktail Manual, International Mixed Season 1940

1940 - Los Secretos del Cocktail by Pedro Talavera (Madrid, Spain)

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 - Cien Cocktails by Jacinto Sanfeliu Brucart

1943 - 3 Bottle Bar by H. I. Williams

1944 - Standard Cocktail Guide by Crosby Gage.

1944 - Comment préparer chez soi 250 Boissons

1944 - 150 Recettas de Entremeses y Cock-tails (Biblioteca La Familia)

1944 - Bartender's Friend by Nick Thomas

1945 - The How and When (3rd Edition) by Hyman Gale & Gerald F. Marco

1945 - Chicago Bartenders and Beverage Dispensers Union (Chicago, USA)

1945 - Professional Mixing Guide

1945 - 300 Ways to Mix Drinks by R. M. Barrows and Betty Stone (Chicago, USA)

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 Roving 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 - Cocktails, Choix de 600 Recettes by A. Vermeys

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

1947 - Cocktails Mundiales by Pedro Chicote (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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 - Ron Daiquiri Coctelera Cocktail Book (Habana, Cuba)

1948 - Standard Bartender's Guide by Patrick Gavin Duffy

1948 - Le Barman Moderne Ses Cocktails by René Bresson

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 - Cocktails by William by Wilhelm Stürmer

1949 - Livre de Cocktails by Emile Bauwens

1949 - The How and When (4th Edition) by Hyman Gale & Gerald F. Marco

1949 - Le Barman Universel (11th edition) by P. Dagouret

1949 - Bottoms up, Guide to Pleasant Drinking

1949 - Swinging Doors by Jim Marshall

1949 - El Bar Evolución Y Arte Del Cocktail by Jacinto Sanfeliú Brucart

Books published 1950 to 1999

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