First edition, first printing of �Richard & Philip: The Burtons�. Published by Peter Owen in 1992. This is a very good copy. The neatly clipped dust wrapper is markedly bright for this title, particularly at the spine, although a touch rubbed in places. No inscriptions - SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Burton to Christopher Hewett. Philip Burton was the schoolteacher and mentor who transformed Richard Jenkins into Richard Burton, becoming his legal guardian and adopting him as a teenager. He encouraged Burton�s education, elocution, and theatrical ambition, introducing him to literature and disciplined study. Their relationship was formative rather than paternal in a conventional sense: Philip shaped Burton�s intellect and voice, while Burton later acknowledged him as the decisive influence on his career, identity, and social confidence, even as their closeness gradually diminished in adulthood.