171 - POIRIER (Jean-Pierre). The Real Jacqueline Auriol: Flying for a Living. [Paris], Pygmalion, [2005]. In-8, paperback, with the publisher’s illustrated cover.

POIRIER (Jean-Pierre). The Real Jacqueline Auriol: Flying for a Living. [Paris], Pygmalion, [2005]. In-8, paperback, with the publisher’s illustrated cover. A biography of Jacqueline Auriol. Preface by Jacques Noetinger of the National Academy of Air and Space. 8 plates of photographic reproductions as inserts. Publisher’s brochure included. Included are a cover letter on Dr. J. P. Poirier’s letterhead, presumably addressed to Jacqueline Auriol, a second copy of the book, proofs annotated in Jacqueline Auriol’s own hand dated August 11, 2004, and bearing the title “Jacqueline Auriol, Flying to Live,” as well as a handwritten note on a hotel envelope signed by Jacqueline Auriol. An aviator, Jacqueline Auriol (1917–2000) was the first woman in France to be licensed as a test pilot and the first European woman to break the sound barrier. She was the daughter-in-law of Vincent Auriol, former President of the French Republic.