Cannot save FROM names in Mail to Address Book

I'm trying to add Address Book entries by opening a mail item, putting my mouse cursor over the FROM address and selecting "Add to Address Book" from the pop-up menu.
This seems to work since I do not see an error message yet when I look into my address book that name does not appear.
If I attempt the same operation, on the same FROM address, I see an option in the menu to Open In Address Book instead of the Add. If I select this option it opens the last address that was highlighted in the address book, which is not the one that I wanted to add.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thank you, Herb

works here.
quit mail and address book and delete the file homedirectory/library/application support/address book/AddressBook-v22.abcddb. then start Address Book and Mail and see if using "open in address book" works now.

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