How to obtain original legitimate Leopard install discs?

Hi, I'm the proud owner of Snow Leopard but my poor old dad still has Tiger - he would dearly like to upgrade but requires Leopard prior to installing Snow Leopard. Trouble is Apple don't provide or sell older OS software - and the only place I can find is on eBay but it all looks dodgy to me.
Has anyone any idea how to obtain original legit Leopard OS?
Many thanks, Chuckles

Hi,
Here is the UK web site to get Snow Leopard.
http://store.apple.com/uk?cid=OAS-EMEA-DOMAINS-applestore.co.uk
Go there and you should be able to find a shop near you to buy it.
Good luck,
Alan

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