yep, they are rather small, but i knew that, so no disappointment there - i just love the series (read it digitally) so much that i even read the prose novels. it's not easy to collect all eight trades plus declassifieds... i wish it was collected in HC editions, not even necessarily oversized but i'm not sure this is ever gonna happen.
if you have no aversion to used books, you should try ebay, somebody there keeps relisting the full set in very good condition for like forty bucks or so (although i don't know about the shipping cost to the UK) - unfortunately, the seller doesn't ship to my country, otherwise i would have snagged it a llllong time ago. there was another one but it seems someone finally purchased it.
new copies being too expensive, i grab used ones where i see them at a decent price - the third arrived from the UK, the second from Israel. the first and the forth volumes are on their way from the UK and from across the pond...
thanks bro
i grew tired of waiting for the hardcovers
if they do release HCs eventually (and i'm still alive and interested), i'll have to double dip.
it's like with John Allison's Giant Days. but Giant Days at least are not finished yet, so i can wait longer.