Cover design with male bird, put back for book (8)
I believe the answer is:
nehemiah
'book' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cover design with male bird put back' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'male' could be 'he' and 'he' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for nehemiah that I've seen before include "OT book" , "Old Testament book" , "Rebuilder of Jerusalem's walls" .)