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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an old copy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a version of a document, book, or other material that is not the latest or most recent edition.
Example: "I found an old copy of the book in the attic that I used to read as a child."
Alternatives: "a vintage edition" or "a previous version".
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He picked up an old copy of Liberty and sank down into the chair.
But yesterday I found an old copy of Shoot magazine, released in August 1999.
Instead, I dug up an old copy of "The Feminine Mystique".
"One summer I read an old copy of 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' with great fascination".
She turned to a little girl clutching an old copy of Roger Tory Peterson's renowned "Field Guide to the Birds".
Mr. Ferguson broke out an old copy that showed muskets, drums, spurs, medals and torpedoes for sale.
"I got an old copy of an aerial map of Georgia that we were using," Carter said.
I even managed to pick up an old copy of a book on neo-classicism to remember the place by.
In the rec room, I found an old copy of "The Hound of the Baskervilles," which she'd given me for Christmas when I was in the fourth grade.
At the Good Life Festival we had a lovely lady buy an old copy of Private Eye magazine with Robert Maxwell on the cover.
Now the subscriber goes down to the cellar each evening, picks up an old copy, and sneaks down to the open tube with it.
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