Cant import my abbu file

Hello,
I reinstalled my Macbookpro (13 inch, spring 2009 model) with OS10.6 since Lion rendered lots of my software unusable. I have backuped my adressebook to a .abbu file from 10.7. Now, when I try to import the addresses to the 10.6 addressbook it starts to import and then hangs up. From then on, I can't even open the Address book. I have to delete the addressbook folder in the library/application support folder to get it back.
Any ideas of how I could get access to my addresses?
Thanks
Markus

Thanks, Alberto and Austin, for your tipps. Here is what finally worked (sort of):
unpack the abbu package as suggested
copy all the files to the ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ folder
install 10.7 over 10.6
open Addressbook: voila, at least the addresses where all there (puuh!), however, the pictures my wife had added to adorn the addresses are gone.
then I exported the addresses as VCF file, checked this time, that they can be reimported
Now I am installing 10.5 again, then 10.6 because the diskimages I did on the way dont work for restoring the system. Makes me wonder why I did them in the first place. They supposedly should be scanned for restore which gives an "internal error" directly after completion of the scan.
My apple skills clearly are rusty after 12 years of Windows use but I also must say, not too friendly if such things keep happening. After all, I was just following suggested procedures with backing up my abbu file nin the first place.

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