Of the ten known surviving publications printed by Paisey and Fryer, held in various Australian libraries, all have been catalogued as being published by the firm. Research into the firm now which indicates that in all instances this assignation is incorrect. The text for
H.T. Craven's pantomime
Harlequin King Blear and his Three Daughters (held by the State Library of New South Wales) has for example been catalogued as if it is a playscript when it was in fact included as part of the program (produced for an available during the pantomime's 1855-56 season). In this respect the publisher was the producer and lessee of the Theatre Royal at that time,
Andrew Torning. The printing of the program was contracted out to Paisey and Fryer.
Another publication attributed to Paisey and Fryer as publisher is the
Biography of Madame Anna Bishop; Containing the Details of her Professional Tour in England, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Tartary, Moldavia, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Havana, Mexico, America, and California, and also a Sketch of Bochsa's Life. Although printed by Paisey and Fryer, the publication was likely published either by Torning (who produced Bishop and Bochsa's Sydney season) or by Bishop herself - as part of publicity campaign for her Australian tour. Evidence for this comes from advertisements in several newspapers, including for example,
Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, which indicate that the publication could be bought for 1s 6d only from the box office or in the theatre (29 December 1855, p.3).
