I'm still confused. As far as I know the first Craftsman tool catalog was 1938. Are you saying that it's available along with all the other years not on your list?
OK, I think the problem is that the years listed are the only issues that I am aware of that even exist. For instance, to the best of my knowledge, there is no 1940 Hand Tool or Mechanics Tool catalogue. Likewise 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, etc. There may very well be other years, but if so, I have never seen them...
(You are correct that the 1938 catalogue is the earliest known. I am calling that same catalogue 1939 in my list; it is undated and some even think it is from 1940...)
So the following catalogues represent all hand or mechanic tool catalogues that I am sure exist from 1938 (or 1939 or 1940 - whatever the case may be) to 1981/82. Obviously, there are later catalogues, but I am less interested in those.
Years that I know of that are currently available:
1942
1949
1954
1957
1959
1960
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972/73
Years already in the possession of m_fumich, but not yet scanned & posted:
1952 Mechanics Tools
1969 Power & Hand Tools
1972 Power & Hand Tools
1974/75 Power & Hand Tools
1975/76 Power & Hand Tools (m_fumich to provide )
Years that I know exist, but are not presently available to the best of my knowledge:
1939 Mechanics Tools
1947 Mechanics Tools
1953 Mechanics Tools
1955 Mechanics Tools
1971 Power & Hand Tools
1973/74 Power & Hand Tools
1976/77 Power & Hand Tools
1977/78 Power & Hand Tools
1978/79 Power & Hand Tools
1979/80 Power & Hand Tools
1980/81 Power & Hand Tools
1981/82 Power & Hand Tools
and later...