端は本ほん

noun

incomplete set of books; odd volume

Refers to a collection of books that is missing one or more volumes, or a single volume from a set.

• 古ふる本ほん屋やで端は本ほんを安やすく買かった。

  I bought an incomplete set of books cheaply at a secondhand bookstore.

• 全ぜん集しゅうの端は本ほんが一いっ冊さつだけ残のこっていた。

  Only one odd volume of the complete works remained.