FC4 & Evolution: whither my contacts?

[Brian Mury]

I did a fresh install of FC4 yesterday.

I saved my .evolution folder but neglected to back up the gconf folder.
My mail was still there, my tasks and calendar were not visible, but I
was able to import them and all is well. My contacts are not there, and
I am unable to import them.

How do I access the contacts which are in
~/.evolution/addressbook/local/system/addressbook.db ?