FLC DEPARTED WITHOUT THE ACFT LOGBOOKS ABOARD ACFT.

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ON ARR AT ACFT; BOTH ACFT AND FLT ATTENDANT LOGBOOKS WERE NOT ON BOARD. THIS SIT IS NOT UNUSUAL (AS IS COMMON ON EARLY FIRST FLT OF DAY DEPS). I CONTINUED WITH MY PREFLT OF THE ACFT. AT APPROX XA20 ON AN XA35 SCHEDULED DEP; STILL NO LOGS ON BOARD. I ASKED THE FO TO READ THE PREFLT CHKLIST KNOWING LOGS NOT ON BOARD; BUT IN THE INTEREST OF AN ON-TIME DEP PROCEEDED. AS LAST MIN PAX BOARDED; I ACCEPTED THE FINAL PAPERWORK FROM THE GATE AGENT AND OK'ED DOOR CLOSING. IN THE CLB PHASE OF FLT; RECEIVED AN ACARS MESSAGE ASKING IF LOGBOOKS WERE ON BOARD. WHEN I DISCOVERED THEY WERE NOT; I CONTACTED DISPATCH AND INFORMED THEM OF OUR SIT; AT WHICH TIME THEY MADE THE APPROPRIATE CONTACTS WITH MAINT CTL TO ARRANGE FOR TEMPORARY LOGBOOKS AT DEST. THERE IS SOME PRESSURE TO GET ON TIME DEPS AND I DO ADJUST MY NORMAL FLOW AND PROCS TO ACCOMMODATE AS BEST I CAN; BUT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AND I WOULD NEVER CONSCIOUSLY SACRIFICE FOR ANY SIT. HOWEVER; IN THIS SIT; MY NORMAL FLOW WAS DISRUPTED AND I DID DEPART WITHOUT THE ACFT LOGS ON BOARD. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL NOT READ OR REQUEST THE PREFLT CHKLIST WITHOUT THE ACFT LOGS IN MY HAND.