Can't edit Vcards in Address Book

In Address Book, the "edit card" in Edit drop-down menu is grayed out (as is the "delete").  In addition, on the bottom of an individual Address Book page, the "EDIT" option no longer appears.  Each Adress Book page shows only the Add and Share options at the bottom.

Hi Tony ...
Might be corrupted preferences. (It's a Mac thing)
Quit the Address Book app if it's open. Command + Q on your keyboard or from the Address Book menu bar click Address Book > Quit.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences. Move the com.apple.AddressBook.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Launch Address Book. If you can edit your contacts now, move the .plist file to the Trash. If not, just move it back to the Preferences folder.
If that didn't work, go to ~/LIbrary/Caches/com.apple.AddressBook/Cahce.db
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit then relaunch Address Book. See if you can edit your contacts now.
~ (Tilde) character represents the Home folder.
For Lion v10.7x:  To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library
You can open a Finder window by clicking the Finder icon in your Dock (first icon on the left side of the Dock)  

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