From the April, 1930 issue of Popular Science (p.38)
Handy Bracelet Serves As Magazine Holder
What might be a convenience to readers is a unique wrist attachment recently designed for holding magazines and small periodicals open before the eye at arm’s length. This novel book holder is a bracelet fitting snugly about the forepart of the wrist, to which is fixed a small bracket firmly supporting the periodical just as the “lyre” of a cornet supports sheet music.
The device is adjustable to any wrist and may be obtained in sterling silver or nickel, silver, or gold plated.
Megan Dunn. The Book Bracelet. 20 (diameter) x 2 cm. Composed of several hundred paper strips, 8 x 1 cm. (folded), held together by elastic; laid in waxed paper envelope, secured with fine cord. One of a Kind
The bracelet was part of the Portland Public Library exhibition Long Overdue : Book Renewal, The Altered Book Project held in 2005.
Previously on Book Patrol:
Circulation: A Healthy Book Flow