Claude FARRÈRE. Autograph manuscript signed, [Missions et Croisières], August 1943; 50pages in-fol. Complete manuscript of the book published by André Barry in September 1944, 610 copies printed, and illustrated with watercolors by Charles Fouqueray. It comprises three chapters: Red Sea, China Sea, Indian Ocean. Each text, written in Indian ink, is signed and dated "August 1943", and includes numerous corrections and deleted passages. A typed copy of Mer Rouge is enclosed. Former collection of Colonel Daniel Sickles (XVI, 6777).