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A script cannot do things that are impossible in the UI. So, selecting on more than one page is not possible.

However, to do what you want, a script doesn't have to select anything.

//DESCRIPTION: move all text frames in document 12 units down

( function() { 
  if (app.documents.length > 0) { 
    moveTextFrames(app.documents[0], [0,12]); 
     
 } 
  function moveTextFrames(doc, offset) { 
    var spreads = doc.spreads.everyItem().getElements(); 
    for (var j = spreads.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) { 
      spreads[j].textFrames.everyItem().move(undefined, offset); 
    } 
  } 
}())

To move by some other amount, change the values (that's x and y in the units you're using) in the moveTextFrames call.

Interestingly, for this to work, you have to go a spread at a time. I expected that:

      app.documents[0].textFrames.everyItem().move(undefined, [0,12]);




to work, but it didn't. Gave me the dreaded: this will cause an item to be moved off the pasteboard message.

Dave