Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi

Davide Costi is a true artist. His routines are beautiful, his methods are powerful. Particularly noteworthy is his section on double lifts. With two! forewords by René Lavand.

1st edition 2004, 144 pages; digital edition 2012, 98 pages.

Table of Contents

7. Foreword by René Lavand
9. Quotations
9. René Lavand's Foreword Number 2
11. Blanchard’s World of Magic
14. Testimonials
16. Introduction
18. The Curve
24. The Gesture
26. Double Lifts
27. – Pneumatic Double Lift
28. – Excalibur Double Lift
29. – Ultimate Double Lift
30. – Milano Double Lift
31. – Under Lift
32. The Floating Count
34. One – Hand Spread
37. Reverse
41. A Few Words about Sleights
43. Alternating the Colors
45. Amex
47. Card on Back
50. Celebration Routine
50. – Four Aces Reverse
52. – Three Card Monte
54. – The Davide Costi Impossible Prediction
56. Fan Production
58. The Trick I changed for Gerald Kosky
61. Invisible Palm
64. No Force Prediction
67. Prediction Presentation
68. Oscar Wilde Aces – Presentation
70. Queen of Hearts
72. The Rose of Paracelsus
75. Transposition
78. Some Personal Statements
79. Birth of a Coin
81. Click Pass
83. Reverse Matrix
89. The Small Coin
90. Twilight
91. Ultimate Retention Vanish!
93. Boomerangs
96. FT
98. Requested Comments

word count: 29275 which is equivalent to 117 standard pages of text