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

Foreword by René Lavand
Quotations
René Lavand's Foreword Number 2
Blanchard’s World of Magic
Testimonials
Introduction
The Curve
The Gesture
Double Lifts
- Pneumatic Double Lift
- Excalibur Double Lift
- Ultimate Double Lift
- Milano Double Lift
- Under Lift
The Floating Count
One - Hand Spread
Reverse
A Few Words about Sleights
Alternating the Colors
Amex
Card on Back
Celebration Routine
- Four Aces Reverse
- Three Card Monte
- The Davide Costi Impossible Prediction
Fan Production
The Trick I changed for Gerald Kosky
Invisible Palm
No Force Prediction
Prediction Presentation
Oscar Wilde Aces - Presentation
Queen of Hearts
The Rose of Paracelsus
Transposition
Some Personal Statements
Birth of a Coin
Click Pass
Reverse Matrix
The Small Coin
Twilight
Ultimate Retention Vanish!
Boomerangs
FT
Requested Comments

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