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I suppose your book should state that this happens under the condition that the primary coil is assumed to be ideal, i.e. it acts as a pure inductor with no resistance.
Hence, under a "no resistance" condition, no net-voltage is required to drive a current once it is started (this is analogous to the situation in mechanics that if you push an objet to move on a perfectly smooth surface, the object will continue in motion even after the push is stopped). Hence, the applied voltage must be equal to the self-induced emf.
Just imagine if the applied voltage is higher than the self-induced emf, because the primary coil is ideal (i.e. no resistance), the current driven by a net-voltage would become infinitely large, which is not possible in reality.