I think that may well have been the book I read when I first started growing. I remember that he (Ed Rosenthal) wrote it with someone else... the copy I borrowed though was obviously printed off the web somewhere...
That has to be the best ever book on growing cannabis. I'm sure though the one I borrowed was called something else... but I'm sure he wrote it with mel frank. I didn't know much about who these people were back then, so I ignored the title of the book, and looked at it as a grow guide.
Very substantial book though, all information and no pic's.