The first edition of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale is priced at £28,000 and is the most expensive book at the annual event.

It is one of 4,728 copies of the first run of the book, which was printed in 1953.

The two-day fair, which has been held since 1975, is expected to attract about 2,000 to 3,000 people to see the collectables at Oxford Brookes.

Organiser Peter Hill said: "Increasingly people buy books online but these fairs give people the chance to meet knowledgeable dealers and like-minded collectors.

Daniel Craig is back as James Bond, and though details of his next adventure, "Skyfall," are being kept closely under wraps, Sony did reveal a few tantalizing clues in an official plot summary released this week.

"In 'Skyfall,' Bond’s loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her," the summary reads. "As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost."

Sounds like Dench will have more to do this go-round than simply deliver ultimatums to her skirt-chasing protege.

The complete James Bond is coming to Blu-ray -- all the gear, girls and crazy action from all 22 movies -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn announced Tuesday at the world’s biggest consumer electronics event in Las Vegas.

The disk set is available for pre-order today, although pricing and the actual ship date of the kit have yet to be announced.

Why Blu-ray?

“Details matter,” Dunn said, “from sound quality to scenery.” The new high-definition film format showcases all the nuance that goes into the films, and to take a closer look at those nuances.

The wait is finally over and BOND IN MOTION is now open. With fifty vehicles on display, BOND IN MOTION is the largest official collection of original Bond vehicles the world has ever seen. On display until December 2012 at the National Motor Museum, this could be your only chance to see these vehicles on display together.

2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film series and the 40th anniversary of the National Motor Museum (and the 60th anniversary of Beaulieu opening its doors to the public) and what better way to celebrate than with the biggest exhibition of James Bond vehicles ever staged?

Alongside the most famous vehicles like the Aston Martin DB5 and the Lotus Esprit S1, there is a host of treasures dating back to From Russia With Love including the elegant Fairey Huntress Speedboat, Goldfinger’s 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III, the buzzing autogyro from You Only Live Twice and Octopussy’s screeching Acrostar Jet alongside cars, bikes, trikes, sleds and boats.

"It's very difficult in France to get access to castings when you don't have any relationships," she told Empire.

"I totally heard by chance that they were doing the casting for a James Bond movie, and that one of the auditions was taking place in Paris. So I tried myself to contact every name involved in the movie I could possibly find on the IMDb!

"I finally managed to get the first audition in Paris, then I did the second in London with Sam Mendes, and then the third was with Sam and Daniel Craig, again in London. And then I was cast!"

The 35-year-old actress - who portrays field agent Eve in new 007 movie 'Skyfall' - explained she wouldn't be able to play a one-dimensional action woman, and is thrilled to be able to become a "new kind of Bond girl".

She said: "To be honest, I don't think I'd be very good at such a role. What drew me to this was the opportunity to play a new kind of Bond Girl.

"It's not just the women who have changed. James Bond himself has changed and Daniel Craig has been a very big part of that. He's brought depth and humanity to the role. He's so layered in a way that other Bonds just weren't, because nothing seemed to touch them. Daniel's Bond is very much touched by his relationships.

"In 2012, there's a need to have female characters who are equal to that. Otherwise it would be totally imbalanced and no one would care about the relationships Bond has. I love the way it's developed in that way.

"The deciding factor for doing “Casino Royale”, even though I was umming and aahhing, going [puts on moody voice] “I don’t know if I want to do it”, was that they showed me the script and I thought: Fuck, I’ve got to do this. And I think this one is better. I really do. It’s a totally original story. I read it and it just works as a story. It sounds like a simplistic thing to say, but you read it and you go: “Oh yeah, I get that, yeah, and oh, yes, yes, okay,” and that’s unusual.’

On “Quantum”, we were fucked. We had the bare bones of a script and then there was a writers’ strike and there was nothing we could do. We couldn’t employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, “Never again”, but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes – and a writer I am not.’

The 31-year-old actor Ben Whishaw will be the youngest and most "serious" Q yet in the new James Bond film Skyfall The young actor who starred in the BBC's period newsroom drama The Hour has been chosen to play 007's new gadget guru in the latest Bond film directed by Sam Mendes, his agent has confirmed. A source told The Sun Whishaw would be "very different" to his predecessors. "He'll be far more serious, as is the trend with the new films."

James Bond returns with the launch of the 23rd instalment in the famous film franchise, and aims to bounce back after a studio bankruptcy put production on hold for months and the last movie earned mixed reviews.

Sony Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp, will distribute the film, which is set to hit British cinemas on Oct 26, 2012 and US cinemas on Nov 9.

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The waiting is over. James Bond 23 is in production. Skyfall is coming... MI6 Confidential attended the official press conference in London to gather the intel and soak up the atmosphere. As well as the 50th anniversary in 2012, Skyfall will mark the longest gap between 007 adventures without a change of actor in the leading role. Will the extra time crafting the script, organizing the crew, scouting the locations and assembling the cast pay off? Rounding out Issue #12 of MI6 Confidential - the leading James Bond magazine - is an analysis of The Spy Who Loved Me script history, a look at the publicity hype of Diamonds Are Forever in the USA, and how Kingsley Amis' fascination with 007 lead to his one-off continuation novel 'Colonel Sun'.

Featured in this issue:

• Bond With A Capital B - Complete coverage of the Skyfall press conference in London
• Skyfall Timeline - Tracking all the pre-production rumours and milestones
• Selling Diamonds - How marketing helped Bond re-conquer American audiences
• From SPECTRE To Stromberg - The evolution of The Spy Who Loved Me shooting script
• Bonding With Kingsley Amis - A look back at the author's career and fascination with 007
• The Genesis of Colonel Sun - How the first 007 continuation novel came about
• Agent Under Fire - A look back at the best-selling game 2001 game from Electronic Arts
• The Bond Connection - Designing the anti-Bond period piece Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Issue #12 is now shipping around the world. To order online, visit www.mi6confidential.com

Sean Connery has been voted the nation’s favourite James Bond almost fifty years after starring in his first 007 film, in research released today to mark the launch of the new GoldenEye 007: Reloaded video game. Nearly one third (31%) of the 2,000 people surveyed named Connery their super spy, but it seems relative newcomer Daniel Craig is hot on the heels to succeed the suave Scot, securing second place with a 20% share of the vote with third place going to Pierce Brosnan (17%).

Craig may only have two Bond films under his belt, versus Connery’s six titles, but with Casino Royale, the first film to see Craig take on the iconic role, coming in as fan’s favourite for one in six (17%) the English actor is further cementing his potential as the number one agent with a ‘Licence to Kill’

It's a 007 Thanksgiving for Syfy.

Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 23 at midnight with You Only Live Twice, the network will air 15 Bond movies featuring famous Bonds Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.

The Thanksgiving menu includes Thunderball, Goldfinger, Die Another Day, The Spy Who Loved Me and Quantum of Solace, running back-to-back from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. and continuing Friday, Nov. 25 at 8:30 a.m. with six more Bond films.

Actor Roger Moore's gadget packed Rolex watch which he wore as James Bond in Live & Let Die is to be auctioned off in Geneva, Switzerland.

The 1972 Oyster Perpetual timepiece featured a super-magnet and a buzz-saw, reported TMZ online.

The item, which doesn't function as a watch, is expected to fetch over USD 220,000 when it goes under the hammer on November 14.

Director Sam Mendes met with 100 journalists at a London press launch for the flick to offer some details about the secretive production. However, according to a report written up by Reuters, Mendes still wasn't ready to give everything away. He confirmed a number of the actors involved in the project -- including Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes -- but could "give you very little information about" the characters they're playing. Still, fans looking for some more details to chew on should be happy with the tidbits Mendes let slip today.

The movie will be called "Skyfall," and is slated to hit theaters on November 9, 2012.

In addition to Daniel Craig and Judi Dench, actors Javier Bardem, Albert Finney, Naomi Harris, Ben Whishaw, Berenice Marlohe and Ralph Fiennes will be in the film.

The plot follows Bond as his loyalty to M is tested when "her past comes back to haunt her." MI6 comes under attack, and Bond must track down and destroy the threat, "no matter how personal the cost."

Filming will take place in London, Shanghai, Istanbul and Scotland.

Producer Barbara Broccoli said Craig will "definitely" continue playing Bond over the next few years.

This issue showcases rarely seen photographs from the set and charts how director Terence Young managed to hold it all together through near-misses, accidents, cancelled locations and delays. Keeping with the 'Bond On Set' theme, we also go behind the scenes of the ice palace car chase and hovercraft stunts from "Die Another Day" with all-access photographs and firsthand accounts from those who made it possible. Rounding out Issue #11 of MI6 Confidential - the James Bond magazine - is an exclusive interview with thriller writer Jeffery Deaver as he declassifies the secrets behind the 'Carte Blanche' continuation novel.

In This Issue Bond On Set - Rare images from the set and an exhaustive account of the "From Russia With Love" production history...

After months of speculation about who would play the villain in the next James Bond installment, we finally have an answer, friendo: Javier Bardem. During an interview with Christiane Amanpour on Nightline, in which the Spanish actor talked about his involvement with a charity to help west Saharan refugees, Bardem confirmed that he would be playing the bad guy in Bond 23. “I am very excited. My parents took me to watch the movies and I saw all of them. So to play that is going to be fun,” Bardem said about his joining the 00-franchise. “They chose me to play this man, but I cannot give you many details.”

The film, which is being directed by Sam Mendes, is scheduled to hit theaters in November 2012.

Daniel Craig will return as James Bond once more in ‘Bond 23’, getting back into character for director Sam Mendes. This week, we’ve had our first hint about who the villain could be this time around, and it’s a very familiar name.

Screenwriter John Logan appeared at a BAFTA talk earlier this week, and hinted that iconic bad guy Ernst Stavro Blofeld would be the antagonist this time around. He was last played by Max Von Sydow in ‘Never Say Never Again’ nearly three decades ago.

There have been rumours in the past that Blofeld would end up as Bond 23’s villain, with Martin Sheen at one point reportedly attached to the role. Javier Bardem has since confirmed to play the bad guy, so could he be the new incarnation of Blofeld?

WhatCulture! reports that an audience member reminded Logan of a quote he’d said a decade ago, that; “in his opinion, Bond should always fight Blofeld”. After being pressed, Logan “gave a wry smile and said ‘Bond should always fight Blofeld’.”

Sir Sean Connery, who turned 81 on Thursday, will never return to the big screen, according to his friend, Sir Michael Caine.

“I phoned him the other day, but we never see each other because he doesn’t move around a lot now,” Caine says. “He won’t make another film now. I just asked him. He said, 'No, I’ll never do it.’ ”

Connery’s final film was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003. Last year, Caine said: “The movie business retired him because he didn’t want to play small parts about old men and they weren’t offering him any young parts in romantic leads.”

Cape Town's film commission is shaken and stirred with excitement about the increasingly likely possibility of the new James Bond movie being filmed in the city.

Cape Town Film Commission CEO Denis Lillie said rumours about the spy franchise being shot in the city had been around for some time.

“We have been publicly lobbying the Bond production company,” Lillie said.

“There has been no official announcement yet, but there has also been no denial.”

Bond 23 was due to be shot in India, but railway authorities in the country have not given permission for the film’s producers to block tracks in Ahmedabad and Goa for an action sequence.

Take One Productions in India suggested, should the difficulties not be resolved, filming would take place in Cape Town.

Hugh Jackman could be handed a licence to kill, with the Australian actor hinting at a future role as 007. In London for the making of his new film Les Miserables, Jackman admitted he had been approached in the past to become British spy, James Bond, the Sunday Express newspaper reported. "I got a call from my agent saying 'there's some possible interest in you for Bond, are you interested?'," Jackman said.

"At the time I wasn't. I was about to shoot X-Men 2 and Wolverine had become this thing in my life. But I think every male at some point thinks about playing Bond. So it was not right then but it may be right if it comes back."

"As an actor you've got to keep taking risks."