DICKENS, CHARLES. Dombey and Son. New York: Wiley & Putnam [for parts 1-17] and John Wiley [for parts 18-19/20] 1846-1848. 20 parts in 19, 12mo, original printed drab wrappers, a few parts uncut, wrappers of part 3 restitched, part 19/20 has spine worn with ends chipped, the front inner hinge broken, and a stain on the preliminary leaves, ends of spines of some six other parts a bit worn, blue cloth folding case. First American Edition, IN ORIGINAL PARTS, 36 wood-engraved plates by J.W. Orr after Hablot K. Browne. Suzannet sale, lot 91; Wilkins, p. 25: "...the text probably [was] set in type as soon as the English number was received and printed at once without waiting for the engraving of the plates for that number, so that the plates were always one number behind the text. The Phiz plates were redrawn and engraved on wood by J.W. Orr..." Rare.