Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986). P.S. with autograph date, July 20, 1953; 1 page in-4 typewritten with The New American Library of World Literature letterhead (binder holes, slot repaired); in English. Letter-contract for the assignment of worldwide rights for an English-language edition of La Forma de la espada. The letter confirms their agreement to acquire the periodical rights for the sum of $40, or 2 cents per word for a print run of 100,000 copies (or less) of the translation. The work will be published in a paperback volume entitled New World Writing, considered a periodical and copyrighted in the United States and Canada; following publication, the publisher agrees to reassign to the author all copyright rights except those of the English-language periodical . Borges has signed to confirm the agreement.