Trying to purchase Mountain Lion without a functioning hard drive

Hello,
My hard drive recently failed. Like an idiot, I misplaced the OS Snow Leopard disk in a move. I'd like to replace the hard drive & subsequently upgrade to Mountain Lion. Is there any way to purchase Mountain Lion without being able to access the app store?
I have a copy of Leopard, so I was thinking I might install the old OS, purchase Mountain Lion, back up the new OS, wipe the drive & then install Mountain Lion. However, am I correct in assuming that it is not compatible with Mountain Lion?
I'd really rather not have to buy Snow Leopard (again) and then buy Mountain Lion in order to achieve my goal.
Thank you

At least the price is low, scant comfort I know.

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Your Mac must be one of the following models:
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