"Norton Story" by Bob Holiday was the first book I ever read about Norton and, at the time, the only one advertized and available in bookstores. This is the second, revised, edition of 1976. The first was published in 1972.

Bob Holiday was editor of "Motor Cycling" up to his retirement and spent most of his working life on the staff of motoring and motorcycling publications.

The book is disappointing for the readers interested in production machines as most of its content is about racing, recounting at length various races, and showing, in the majority of the black and white pictures, racing scenes and machines. From todays point of view, there are far better books on the market- in fact I do not know if this one still is- and, from a Norton Motors history point of view, far more comprehensive ones. The book ends in the year 1975, with the future of Norton very much open to speculation.

As a collector of Norton books I see it as part of the collection; should I want to look up certain periods or models, I have better books at hand.
If you can get hold of one, fine, if not, it is not a great loss.