HarperSanFrancisco
HarperSanFrancisco was the HarperCollins religion and spirituality imprint founded in San Francisco in 1977 and renamed HarperOne in 2007.
- Editions tracked
- 30
- First editions
- 24
- Books
- 30
- Years
- 1987 to 2007
HarperSanFrancisco is a publisher active from 1987. We track 30 editions it published between 1987 and 2007, 24 of them first editions across 30 books. Each book lists its first edition and the points that identify it.
About HarperSanFrancisco
HarperSanFrancisco was the San Francisco imprint of Harper & Row, later HarperCollins, specialising in religion, spirituality and personal growth; it was set up in 1977 when 13 Harper & Row staff moved west from New York, and it was renamed HarperOne in 2007.
Harper strengthened the religious list in 1986 by buying the publisher Winston-Seabury from CBS. Publishers Weekly described the San Francisco operation as an outpost that went through several incarnations before settling on its mix of religion, spirituality and personal growth around 1995. By 2007 it had about 26 staff, around 85 new titles a year and a backlist of roughly 800, including Huston Smith's The World's Religions, C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist and Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline, plus newer books such as Sidney Poitier's The Measure of a Man and Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus (2005).
The name change to HarperOne was announced in March 2007, timed to the house's 30th anniversary, partly to dispel the idea that it was a regional publisher; new-logo titles began appearing in June 2007. As HarperOne it remains a HarperCollins imprint based in San Francisco and has broadened into health, wellness and inspirational nonfiction.
We have not yet written the guide to HarperSanFrancisco's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how HarperSanFrancisco marked its firsts? Tell us.
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Frequently asked questions
How many HarperSanFrancisco books does MyVolumes track?
We track 30 editions published by HarperSanFrancisco, 24 of them first editions, across 30 books.
Where these facts come from
- HarperSF to Become HarperOne, Publishers Weekly, 2007 (publishersweekly.com)
- HarperOne, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Misquoting Jesus editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
Every fact on this page was checked against the sources listed. Checked 18 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.