I'm trying to find somewhere online where I can buy a sealed, mint,
original domestic (US) pressing of Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt" LP which
was released in 1996 by Roc-A-Fella records. I'm located in Australia
and I am having trouble finding a store etc that will ship to
Australia, and for a reasonable price. I have already tried eBay but
have had no luck.

Thanks very much

Dear Dimeco00, 

I have found the album to be availabe in the following places: 

Down By Law: http://store.yahoo.com/downbylaw/jadolp.html - $15.99 -
"Down By Law ships all packages UPS unless otherwise requested. We can
ship international orders by parcel post, but please contact us for
pricing."

Vinyl 4 Ever: http://www.vinyl4ever.com/products.asp?categoryid=9&thispage=47
$15.02 - they'll ship internationally, but ask you to contact them for
details.

Hiphop Elements - http://www.hiphop-elements.com/pv/1726/ - $14.96

These two sites allow the client to register from Australia (and
apparently ship there) but do not have a visible shipping policy:

Hip Hop Site: http://www.hiphopsite.com/?p=%2FSTORE%2F%3FS%3DLPS%26LO%3D1
- $15.00

Off Load Online: http://www.offloadonline.com/user-9-4875.html -
$13.90

Of these five stores, Offload is a market with several sellers - so
there might be also future bargains of this or other LPs there. The
discussion network rec.music.hip-hop might also produce some
connections with private individuals interested in selling their
records: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=rec.music.hip-hop

UK edition is available here: 
Disque - http://www.disque.co.uk/page.asp?pageCode=HJV - £14.99 - they
ship to Australia, but as you can see, they are a bit expensive.

In all cases, you might want to consider buying more than just this
LP, in order to reduce shipping costs a bit, or buy together with
others who also want to shop in the same store.

I hope this answered your question. To find answers for you, I
searched the shopping search-engine Froogle (www.froogle.com) for:
"Reasonable Doubt" lp jay  
"Reasonable Doubt" vinyl 
Please contact me if you need any further clarifications. I'd be
pleased to clarify my question before you rate it.

Thanks politicalguru for such a thorough and well thought out answer.