How to merge two address books?

I am migrating from a G4 with 10.3.9 to a iMac with 10.5. We want to merge the addressbook with another iMac on 10.5 connected via ethernet.
The addressbooks used to be identical but the one from the G4 has fallen out of date. I would like to merge the two making the current 10.5 one dominate when they have duplicate entries.
What is the best tool with which to do this?
I am new to Macs so if there is a documented procedure that would be best. Any and all reference materials on the address book and it's structure would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Chuck

"The duplicates criteria is the email address and nothing else."
Golden Shores,
I think your statement solves the problem that I have. No one responded to my post about duplicates, but your statement answers most of the issues.
First, I would like to trash my current OS X Address Book and start over. Which files should I pull from which folders? I won't really trash them but move them elsewhere as backups.
I have a Palm address book with 2400 contacts that can be easily exported to vCards. However, very, very few of these contacts include e-mail addresses. I also have an AOL contact (1000 contacts) list that includes First & Last Names and an e-mail address (or two) for each person. I can also export this list to vCards. Most, if not all of the names in the AOL list are also included in the Palm list. Based on what you said, if I merge these two lists, I'll end up with 3400 contacts with everyone from the AOL list being duplicated and Address Book will NOT recognize them as duplicates.
How can I merge my two lists without having to manually copy the e-mail address from the AOL list and add it the Palm list and then manually deleting the contact from the AOL list?

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