[DETECTIVE AUTHORS]. CHANDLER, Raymond (1888?1959).?Typed letter signed (?Ray?) to agent H.N. Swanson, 2 April 1953, regarding the magazine rights to his novel ?The King in Yellow?. 5 pp., small 4to (279 x 216 mm), on personal La Jolla, California letterhead, old staple holes to upper corner. Chandler writes a lengthy letter criticizing contracts between magazine publishers and the legality of copyright ownership. ?When something doesn?t seem right or fair I want to know why. And in the effort to know why, I analyze the situation, and of course I don?t always come up with the right answer? I just have that type of mind. And I shall be extremely frank and honest and declare that I don?t think it?s a good type of mind for a writer to have. The guy who spends a lot of time splitting hairs is probably getting a little bald himself?.