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[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”.