Place to put stiff and heavy book, not English book (4)
I believe the answer is:
tomb
'place to put stiff' is the definition.
(stiff can informally mean a dead body)
'heavy book not english book' is the wordplay.
'heavy book' becomes 'tome' (I've seen this in another clue).
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'book' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'tome' with 'e' taken away is 'tom'.
'tom'+'b'='TOMB'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for tomb that I've seen before include "Building for a body" , "Burial-vault" , "Burial site" , "Place of burial, grave or vault" , "Place for the burial of a corpse" .)