Book holder

A book holder including, a base member adapted to be disposed upon a support surface and having side flanges and front and rear edges, a table overlying said base member and having side flanges and front and rear edges, means pivotally connecting said table to said base member adjacent said respective front edge, said table including a substantially planar supporting surface adapted to engage the back of an open publication, a brace intermediate said table and base member adjustable to selectively position and retain said table supporting surface at variable inclinations relative said base member, a shelf member provided with a platform disposed atop said table and adapted to support the front edge of a publication disposed upon said table, said platform including side brackets overlying said table side flanges and each having an elongated slot therein, releasable fastener means disposed through said bracket slots and table side flanges to pivotally and slidably connect said shelf member to said table, a slide assembly carried by said shelf member, said slide assembly including a pair of laterally displaceable slide members each having an outer free end and a page holding finger pivotally attached to each slide member adjacent said free end whereby, publications of various thicknesses and widths may be accommodated by manipulating said fastener means to allow raising or lowering of said shelf member relative said table and said slide members may be independently laterally positioned to allow selective pivoting of said fingers to engage the margins of the open publication therebeneath.