Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi

"I have discovered that you are my twin soul." - Arturo de Ascanio

"Most men have two dimensions, they are tall and wide, Davide has the third dimension, he is deep!" - Rene Lavand

"Davide Costi is a refined gentle performer. He prefers his puzzlements to be blown kisses rather than buffeting blows. There is something merciful in his manner and he truly wishes to share whatever mystery may occur, telling whichever stories ring most true. His climatic noble effect, where two cards matched, stunned even fastest company!" - Jon Racherbaumer

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 Rene Lavand.

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

Table of Contents

1. Foreword by Rene Lavand
2. Quotations
3. Rene Lavand's Foreword Number 2
4. Blanchard's World of Magic
5. Testimonials
6. Introduction
7. The Curve
8. The Gesture
9. Double Lifts
10. - Pneumatic Double Lift
11. - Excalibur Double Lift
12. - Ultimate Double Lift
13. - Milano Double Lift
14. - Under Lift
15. The Floating Count
16. One - Hand Spread
17. Reverse
18. A Few Words about Sleights
19. Alternating the Colors
20. Amex
21. Card on Back
22. Celebration Routine
23. - Four Aces Reverse
24. - Three Card Monte
25. - The Davide Costi Impossible Prediction
26. Fan Production
27. The Trick I changed for Gerald Kosky
28. Invisible Palm
29. No Force Prediction
30. Prediction Presentation
31. Oscar Wilde Aces - Presentation
32. Queen of Hearts
33. The Rose of Paracelsus
34. Transposition
35. Some Personal Statements
36. Birth of a Coin
37. Click Pass
38. Reverse Matrix
39. The Small Coin
40. Twilight
41. Ultimate Retention Vanish!
42. Boomerangs
43. FT
44. Requested Comments

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