Our Collection of Books About Martha's Vineyard and Environs

(these books are not for sale)

Author

Title

Date

Pages

Notes

  Felix Neck Naturalist 1978 48  
  Town of West Tisbury Annual Report latest   1896, 2001, 2002
Adams, Harriet Vittles for the Captain: Cape Cod sea food recipes 1941 55  
Alsum Cooking and Travelling the Cape Cod Way, Plymouth to Provincetown     does not include the islands
Bailey, Robert & Biggs, Fred, Virgina Institute of Marine Science Let's Be Oyster Farmers 1965 59 not really Vineyard, but stamped "Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group"
Bowditch, Adrienne J. Terrestrial Mammals of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, with Special Reference to Peromyscus 1965 64  
Branch, Susan Heart of the Home, notes from a Vineyard kitchen 1986 159  
Bugbee, Louise Aldrich Slap-Dash Cookery on the island of Martha's Vineyard by a little old lady who cooks there   46  
Burroughs, Polly Eisenstaedt Martha's Vineyard 1998 167 text by Burroughs, photos by Eisenstaedt
Burroughs, Polly Zeb, a celebrated schooner life 1972 160 photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Cape Cod Curling Club Curling Club Cuisine Collection     several of our recipes
Chilmark United Methodist Churck Chilmark Community Cookbook 1987? 144  
Connally, Ernest Allen The Cape COd House: an introductory study 1960    
DeVitt, Lee A Clam Named Sam 2001 55  
Doane, Doris A Book of Cape Cod Houses 1970 91  
Dunwiddie, Peter W. Martha's Vineyard Landscapes: The nature of change 1994 60  
Durst, David The Menemsha Mussels 1988   color photos
Elvin, Joseph B. The Fishes of Martha's Vineyard 1966 254-278  
Feil, Amy Frances Martha's Vineyard Kitchens   111  
FitzGibbon, Brian Nantucket Striped Bass Cookbook 1979 40  
First Congregational Church, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts From the Galleys of Nantucket 1973 253  
Giambarba, Paul Cape Cod Seashore Life 1966 80 with B/W drawings
Groce, Nora Ellen Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language, hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard 1985 169 Ha
Hawkins, Nancy & Authur, Havemeyer, Mary Allen Nantucket and other New England Cooking 1976 212  
Hoxsie, Russell Let's Walk, Lilly: an armchair companion to Trails on Martha's Vineyard 2004 233 includes interview/walk with Tom Vogl
Hunt, Peter Peter Hunt's Cape Cod Cookbook 1954 181  
Jacobs, Greta The Bluefish Cookbook 1978 1946  
Josephs, Peter Colt The Remarkable Brick Barns of Martha's Vineyard 1974 23 with B/W photos
Keith, Allen R. The Mammal's of Martha's Vineyard 1969 98 with B/W drawings
King, Louise Tate & Wexler, Jean Stewart The Martha's Vineyard Cook Book: a diverse sampler from a bountiful island 1971 305  
Leahy, Christopher W. An Introduction to Massachusetts Insects 1983 40  
Lee, Linsey Edible Wild Plants of Martha's Vineyard, and other coastal parts of New England 1975 88  
Lee, Linsey Vineyard Voices: words, faces and voices of Island People 1998 296  
Macy, Eliot Eldridge The Captain's Daughters of Martha's Vineyard as recalled by the Eldridge sisters 1978 163 book is falling apart
Manner, Juli & Burchell, Gilbert, Jr. Nantucket Fishtails and Recipes   46  
Martha's Vineyard 4-H Clubs A Book of Favorite Recipes 1961 64 missing front cover
Martha's Vineyard Sandplain Restoration Project The Flora of Martha's Vineyard   131 no illustrations, there may be loose pages missing
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Seafoods 'n Seaports ... a cook's tour of Massachusetts   32  
Mayhew, Shirley W. Seasons of a Vineyard Pond 1973 56  
Mills, Earl Sr. & Breen, Betty Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook: Wampanoag Indian Recipes, Images & Lore 2001 190  
Mirel, Elizabeth Post Plum Crazy, a book about beach plums 1973 144  
Mitcham, Howard Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Scallops & Snails 1990 215  
Mitcham, Howard Provincetown Seafood Cookbook 1986 279  
Morse, Theresa & Feiner, Fred The Beach Plum Inn Cookbook: favorite recipes adapted for home entertaining 1977 175  
Morris, Paul C. & Morin, Joseph F. The Island Steamers, a chronology of steam transportation to and from the offshore islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket 1977 196  
Nadler, Holly Mascott Haunted Island, True Ghost Stories from Marthas's Vineyard 1994 143  
Neustadt, Kathy Clambake: a history and celebration of an American tradition 1992 227  
Norton, Henry Franklin Martha's Vineyard History, Legend, Stories Illustrated, the story of its towns 1979 94  
Parton, Charles From Sanderson's To ... Alley's General Store, a biography of the West Tisbury general store 1992 175  
Ritchie, William A. The Archaeology of Martha's Vineyard, a framework for the prehistory of Southern New England, a study in coastal ecology and adaptation 1969 253  
Schot, James Illusions of Martha's Vineyard, the art of fine photography 1997 64  
Segel, Jerome D. & Pierce, R. Andrew The Wampanoag: Genalogical history of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Volume 1 2003 683  
Sherman, Ethel M. Against Tremendous Odds: SBS - The Grain Store 1973-1988 1999 106  
Tekiela, Stan Birds of Massachusetts: field guide 2000 302 color photos
Tisbury Tercentenary Committee Tisbury 1671-1971 on the island of Martha's Vineyard 1971 1983 story of the split of Tisbury and West Tisbury included
Vineyard Conservation Society Vineyard Tastes, party recipes 1986 29  
Vineyard Open Land Foundation Looking at the Vineyard: a visual study for a changing island 1973 75  
Warren, Roland L. Mary Coffin Starbuck and the Early History of Nantucket 1987 286  
West, Isabel Overlooking a Vineyard Marsh, four seasons   22  
West Tisbury West Tisbury Community Profile Report 1997 63  
Zinn, Donald The Beach Strollers Handbook from Maine to Cape Hatteras 1975 128 book is falling apart

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