CREW FLEW ACFT WITHOUT LOGBOOK CHK. ACFT WAS IN A NON DISPATCHABLE CONDITION.

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THE PROB THAT MY CAPT AND I HAD WAS AN OPEN DISCREPANCY ON AN AIRPLANE THAT WE FLEW. WE HAD A TRIP SCHEDULED IN THE AIRPLANE AT XA00. WE ARRIVED AT THE ARPT AT XA00 TO FIND OUT PAX HAD ARRIVED OVER 1 HR EARLY. THE CAPT AND I DID OUR BEST TO GET THE ACFT READY. THE CAPT PREFLTED THE AIRPLANE WHILE I GOT THE COFFEE; ICE; AND NEWSPAPERS; RAFT; CHKED THE WX AND FILED THE FLT PLANS. THE CAPT GOT OUR FLT RELEASE FROM DISPATCH AND WE BEGAN THE TRIP. AFTER REACHING CRUISE ALT; THE CAPT PULLED OUT THE ACFT BOOK AND NOTICED A WRITE-UP ON THE #1 COM. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN. IN HINDSIGHT; MANY ERRORS OCCURRED. THE DISPATCHER THAT RELEASED THE FLT HAD IT IN HIS NOTES THAT THE AIRPLANE COULD NOT BE RELEASED. WE; THE CREW; HAVE THE FINAL AUTH ON WHETHER THE AIRPLANE IS AIRWORTHY OR NOT; AND WE MISSED IT. WHEN WE FOUND OUT THE PAX WERE AT THE ARPT; WE FELT 'RUSHED' TO GET THE TRIP STARTED. WE WERE DOING OUR DUTIES TOO FAST AND SOMETHING WAS OVERLOOKED. IN CONCLUSION; THERE IS A POINT WHEN TRYING TO WORK FAST THAT SOMETHING WILL BE OVERLOOKED AND SAFETY COULD BE COMPROMISED. I'VE LEARNED THAT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE IN A 'HURRY' IT IS CRUCIAL TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETED. SAFETY CANNOT BE COMPROMISED.