Free Spelling Books

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I am currently updating this post with antique books that can be obtained free as free domain books.  I will add to this list.  If you have any suggestions or categorizing of this list, please leave it in the comments. 

Henderson's Test Words in Spelling by By Nathaniel P. Henderson, 1872 - 

This amazing book of just over 100 pages word list with definitions and pronounciation.

A High School Spelling Book by  Arthur Willis Leonard, Claude Moore Fuess

The Infant School Spelling-book and Pictorial Dictionary By F. Wilby, 1844

The Primary School Spelling-book: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Schools  By William Draper Swan, 1858

Correct Spelling: For the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, School Years By Bert Norman Strong, 1917

Columbia graded spelling books for city schools By William Joseph Moran, Charles Henry Brelsford, 1901 - 

This book has lessons in dictation and spelling word list.  It is listed as 7th level. It has some fun product advertising at the end. 

Common School Spelling Book By Frances Boardman Squire Potter, 1913 - over 400 hundresd lessons

Sixteen Spelling Scales, Standardized in Sentences for Secondary Schools By Columbia University. Teachers College, 1921 - This has list of sentences with the spelling words in italics. Word list are listed by most frequently misspelled.

The Union Spelling Book By American Sunday-School Union, 1838 - 

This has a beautiful alphabet picture book introduction.  The book can be used as a spelling or readig list. Stories are included with beautiful pictures that would lend this book for spelling, reading, dictation, and copy work.

The Grammar School Speller and Definer: Embracing Graded Lessons in Spelling By E. D. Farrell, 1877