smh_999:
That book - Will invest in a copy, but can I get away with a 1977 edition? (Approx £70 cheaper than the current, 8th Edition version!)
I'm not familiar with that edition - I would hesitate to say "yes" (it would probably be OK for the basics of resistors, caps, current, voltage, etc - perhaps bipolar transistors, maybe some mosfets, and perhaps TTL logic - beyond that though...).
My version dates from around 1991 (4th edition, IIRC - but I might be wrong); if you can get that version - you would do better, I think...