The Unabridged Mark Twain with Opening Remarks by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

This is a hardcover edition of 'The Unabridged Mark Twain,' a literary anthology featuring a notable introduction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The front cover art displays a stylized, colorful illustration of Mark Twain in an oval frame, depicted with his iconic wild hair and mustache while holding a smoking cigar. The title is printed in a bold, gold-gradient serif font. Physically, the item appears to be a mass-market or book club hardcover edition with a dust jacket printed on glossy paper. The color palette of the jacket is primarily cream-white with black, gold, and earthy tones in the illustration. Significant condition issues are visible: the dust jacket exhibits heavy creasing, vertical cracking along the outer edge, and noticeable edge wear, particularly at the corners and spine head. There is also evidence of moisture rippling or shelf wear throughout the surface, suggesting it has been stored in a non-climate-controlled environment. The typeface used for Vonnegut's name indicates a late 20th-century publication date, likely from the 1970s or 1980s (specifically, Running Press published a well-known version of this in 1976). Despite the jacket damage, the book represents a significant cross-generational literary connection between two of America's most famous satirists.