Hi trish14,
Well, it all depends on what you mean by "small" (number of pages,
size of binding, length of poems?), but you should be able to find
what you need at the following link - all are anthologies and were
published in London in the 1930's.
Abebooks search:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&pn=london&yrl=1930&kn=poetry+anthology&sortby=2&yrh=1939
Here are a few possibilities:
Poems of To-day: An Anthology.
London: Sidgewick & Jackson, January 1931 Reprint. paperboards.
'Published for The English Association'. 174pp.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=285233944
Davies, W. H.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT POEMS
London 1938. Dust jacket Quite worn; (250) pages.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=93934067
The New Keepsake
London Cobden-Sanderson 1931 Hardback. G/No DJ. 8vo - up to 9 3/4"
tall 147pp. White cloth, black titles on spine & front. Spine tanned
(smoked?). Edgeworn crnrs and spine ends. Sq & tight. Stories and
poetry by authors incl Walpole, Belloc, Connolly, Yeats, Huxley and
Tomlinson.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=296445138
Francis THOMPSON, edited, with an introduction by Paul Beard
Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
London: Thomas Nelson n.d., c.1930's? First thus? 16mo
HB/no dj, soft leatherette green boards. VG+ bright copy. Weight: 0.23kg
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=118439920
Pertwee. Ernest Guy. Editor.
The New Spirit in Verse. An Anthology for Readers and Reciters.
London. George Routledge & Sons. 1930. Small hardcover.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=78292722
MONRO, Harold (Compiler).:
Twentieth century poetry: an anthology.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1935. Reprint. No DW, bent green boards
with page edges lightly foxed, else Book VG. New edition revised and
enlarged by Alida Monro. 'I have tried to make this 'warlike and
tragical age' speak as clearly as it can through the mouth of its own
poetry'. 71pp, 15pp of advertisements. Sm 8vo.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=264952264
Walters, L. D'O. editor.
An Anthology of Recent Poetry.
London: Harrap 1932 the enlarged edition. [128] pp.
a good sound copy in original blue cloth. Hardbound
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=83724019
A Religious Anthology
London: 1930's wrappered edition. Octavo. 30pp Augustan Books of
English Poetry series
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=242307316
After you find a title which interests you, you can search for the
"best buy" at the following websites (in addition to Abe):
http://www.tomfolio.com
http://www.biblio.com
http://www.choosebooks.com
http://www.bibliophile.net
http://www.bookavenue.com
http://www.antiqbook.com
http://www.usedbookcentral.com
http://www.zshops.com
http://www.bookfinder.com Searches forty sites but often doesn't show all results.
http://used.addall.com/ Also searches many sites but often doesn't
show all results.
I hope this helps. If you have any questions or if I misunderstood
your question, please post a clarification request before
closing/rating my answer and I'll be happy to reply.
Thank you,
hummer
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