Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986). P.S. with autograph date, July 20, 1953; 1 page in-4 typewritten on the letterhead of The New American Library of World Literature (binder holes, crack repaired); in English. Letter-contract for the assignment of world 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 a word for a print run of 100,000 copies (or less) of the translation. The work will appear 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 signed to confirm the agreement.