I'm inexperienced at carb tuning, please help

Both are excellent books & should be read by anyone who is attempting 'home' tuning.
It is interesting to note that for a couple of decades or more, Holleys & clones did not have removal emulsion & air bleeds. There is a simple reason for that: it is getting into the realm of carburetor engineering.
And those 'fixed' carbs seemed to run just fine....