HT4759 I need Snow Leopard download

I currently have Mac OX X Version 10.5.8 Mac Book 4 and need to upgrade to Lion software but need snow leopard first apparently. I am unable to find any download for it. I have read that Apple was offering a free download for snow Leopard so we then could purchase and download Lion. Does anyone know how I can download snow Leopard? Thanks in advance.

I think the general route now is to find a copy for sale on ebay.  But be prepared to pay handsomely for it.

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    Sorry Josh, I'm having a bad day with my illness.
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    Put "Mountain Lion Install fails" in the headline box, then from your second post -
    "When i run The OSX Mountain Lion Icon i downloaded from the App Store it always gets to the point when its about to restart but the it keeps saying "please quit the application and try again" Now i've tried Re-Downloading it a lot of times but that doesn't work"
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    2GB RAM
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    A

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  • Need Snow Leopard (in 2013), to then upgrade further. How to get it?

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4479
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4759
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