I have been using the first edition of this book for quite
some time, and when I saw that the HTML 4.0 recommendation
was out, I knew that there would be a third edition of this
book covering that recommendation. One thing to note here
is that it covers the recommendation and not the draft.

So, I have been anxiously waiting for this edition, and
now that I finally have had some time to take a look at it,
I find it to be perfect for me.

It covers the HTML 4.0 recommendation in detail, and
explains all the things that are defined by the standard and
what are extensions implemented by the most popular
browsers. It even explains which parts of HTML 4.0 is not
implemented by any browsers yet, and which parts are.
This means that this book will help you out whether you want
to support a particular brower or be fully conformant with
the HTML 4.0 recommendation.

The best thing about this book, though, is that it is a very
good book for actually learning HTML from the start.

I will conclude that no-one should publish on the W3 without
having this book. It is excellent.