Copying Address Book

I want to transfer my Address Book data from my Intel iMac to my iBook.
Can I use say Migration Assistant if I'm going from OS 10.5 to 10.4, or is there some other way to do it?

Thank you for your reply, but Address Book Help doesn't specifically address (pardon the pun) of moving the contents of an Address Book from OS 10.5 to an earlier OS, 10.4 in this case.
When I used Migration Assistant, the program was there but not the contents. I have 85 cards, so I am looking for a way of selecting them, copying them and transferring them into the old OS Book, preferably together, not one at a time.

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...create an automator service to copy the contact info to clipboard.
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This workaround is fantastic. Thanks. It took me 15 minutes (plus 15 mins getting distracted and trying to get my head around the automator application).
Now I can copy and paste contacts from Addressbook to emails quickly and easily. In the most part it solves my issue which was exactly as described by Stephen.
It's not quite perfect though. If you select the option to bring the field labels to the clipboard, the resulting paste is messy (tabs, spaces and carriage returns) and takes quite a bit of tidying. Any way around this?
Also, I cant see a way to get some missing fields (EG work Fax). Not that this is all that important because most of the important fields are there (who uses fax's these days?).
I cant understand why Apple don't have this feature in Address book, especially when it is so easy to create a workflow for it , but only when told how to with step by step instructions such as yours. The Automator application seems powerful and user friendly, but requires some training. Do Apple have any tutorials on it?
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¡¡¡Ok, Something worked for me!!!
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