Address Book Transfer from 4.0.6 to 5.0.1

I just finished migrating my files and applications via FireWire from a PowerBook G4 (10.4.11) to a MacBook Pro (10.6.2). My address book didn't make the transfer. The AB version on the PowerBook does not have an export function. The AB version on the MacBook Pro has an Import function, but it does not recognize the file in user/Library/Application Support/Address Book from the PowerBook. A quick search appears to show that I would have to buy some third party app to export the old address book. What am I missing? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Thanks to both j.v. and Barney for your suggestions. I used a combination of your two ideas to almost solve this problem. The two computers are both connected to the same wireless network. From the MBP, I logged onto the PB using its ID/password. This gave me access to all files on that machine from the MBP. Importing the backup file Barney suggested earlier did not work - the Group names came over, but not the address cards! In fact, I couldn't delete the Groups within the application. I had to go eliminate the files in Library/Applications/Address Books folder to eliminate them.
In the PB, I then made Vcards as suggested for each Group as suggested by j.v. Since I was logged onto the PB via the MBP, I could see all these files. I thought I was home free when I imported the first Group's address cards, created a new Group with the same name, and dragged all these cards into the Group. For the subsequent groups, I had hoped to use the Last Import list, creating new group names for each group that I imported. HOWEVER, for some reason, Last Import contains all the cards imported, not just the last group! Any ideas as to how to overcome this problem? Is there a single file that I can delete to clear out Last Import?
Thanks again for any ideas.
Bob

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